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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:
the preliminary report on the LaGuardia crash is out.
- some technology failed mysteriously (the lights saying "get the fuck off me now")
- some technology failed entirely predictably (analogue radio users stepping on each other because we still use analogue radio with this obvious failure mode for some reason in 2026.
- some technology was cheaped out on (they didn't buy the truck transponders for LGA even though they had the software for monitoring them, so it fell back to much less reliable ground radar which only spotted 2 of the 7 trucks)
- human confusion and mistakes, though yet to be fully determined