Do Airplanes Use Floppy Disks for Critical Updates Even in 2020?

Written by ax | Published 2020/08/16
Tech Story Tags: aviation | aerospace | security | cybersecurity | floppy-disk | legacy | hardware | hackernoon-top-story | web-monetization

TLDR British Airways announced it would retire its BOEING-747 fleet in July due to the downturn in travel caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. British Airways revealed a critical component of the "navigation database loader" which uses 3.5" floppy disks for updates, even in 2020! Floppy disks are a remnant of legacy aviation hardware from the seventies. The cost of updating the navigation system would be too cost prohibitive. Some private aircraft still use CDs to update their navigation systems.via the TL;DR App
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Written by ax | Security Researcher, Engineer, Tech Columnist | https://hey.ax/
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/08/16
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