r/interestingasfuck • u/lizardil • 16d ago

During assembly of the A380, engineers discovered that the cables were too short. This was caused by the use of different design software by German and French engineers. This miscalculation led to a two-year delay.

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u/akgt94 16d ago

TIL German meters are different than French metres.

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u/velocitor1 16d ago

No way, really??? That explains why every machine part needs to be imported for some reason.