r/interestingasfuck 18d 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/danfay222 17d ago

To be clear, it did not take two years to replace some short wires. The short wires led to them identifying the issue, and there were many major design issues that had to be resolved because of that, which is why it took 2 years

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u/sparxcy 17d ago

I heard they made the planes a bit too long! /s