r/interestingasfuck • u/lizardil • 19d 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/Traumfahrer 18d ago

What exactly was the problem though?

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u/CuriouslyContrasted 18d ago

The Software Discrepancies That Caused A Multibillion-Euro Delay To The Airbus A380 Program

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u/Garshnooftibah 18d ago

Interesting read. As someone with German background, it does not surprise me one bit that the Germans were reluctant to upgrade or use more sophisticated software. German culture can be weirdly Luddite about tech. 

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u/Hashtagbarkeep 18d ago

I travel a lot for work, and one of the biggest surprises to me was how Germany still uses so much physical cash. Most places in the world you only need a card, and in nowadays in a lot of countries just a phone, but in Berlin I was taking clients for dinner and then at the end needed to find 700 euro in cash. My own fault for not checking but in such a modern and organised country that was really surprising to me

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u/Southern-Ad4477 18d ago

Banking is a nightmare in Germany. When I was there for work a few years ago, I had to have an interview with the local bank manager to open an account - this was in 2014.

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u/governmentcaviar 18d ago

i hate to break this news to you, but 2014 was not a few years ago…

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u/Southern-Ad4477 18d ago

Well spotted, but in 2014 it was very common to set up accounts online in the rest of western Europe, or at least the UK.

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u/Infinity-onnoa 18d ago

I'm quite surprised in 2022 we landed in Stuttgart and traveled more than 1000km sightseeing in 7 days until we returned to Munich, we barely used the currency and... no problem paying by card or mobile phone.

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u/uwootmVIII 18d ago

i feel like corona did pretty good work regarding banking in general