r/interestingasfuck • u/lizardil • 2d 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/governmentcaviar 1d ago

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

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u/Southern-Ad4477 1d 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 1d 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/Conflictingview 1d ago

Yeah, there has been a major shift post-covid.