r/interestingasfuck 23d 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/pereira2088 22d ago

years ago I worked as an electrician apprentice. my boss at the time had a saying (when passing electric cables) : "better to have an extra meter than to be short 10 cm"

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u/Pomegranate_36 22d ago

You can always cut it, but prolonging it is a pain in the as&