Paris-Orly airport temporarily closed due to obstruction of Windows 3.1


ByAlain Bachellier

Located on the outskirts of ParisOrly AirportDue to system failureIt happens that the runway is temporarily closedAlthough it was doing, it is clear that the cause was the obstacle of Windows 3.1.

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At Orly airport, which is located 30 to 40 minutes from the center of Paris, on 7 November 2015, due to a system trouble notifying the climate information to the pilot, the runway was closed for about an hour. At the airport, we will provide climate conditions to pilots in bad weatherDECORAlthough we are using a device called "diffusion des données d'environnement contrôle d'Orly et de Roissy: Orly and Roissy climate monitoring data transmission system" to confirm safety during takeoff and landing, I know that a malfunction has occurred with this device.

At Orly airport, DECOR was shared with Charles de Gaulle airport which is also located on the outskirts of Paris, but due to a system failure occurring between 9:30 AM and 7: 0 November 7, control The official needs the landing against the pilotRunway viewing distanceA situation arises where it is not possible to provide information on. Even in the situation where DECOR can not be used, if the pilot's visibility is secured, it is possible to take off and landing without problems, but in the event of a disaster the fog has occurred around the airport, and sufficient climate information Because it was judged that takeoff and landing was difficult because it was not obtained, Orly airport closed the runway until 10:30 when it recovered from the obstacle, ten flights diverted to Charles de Gaulle airport (change destination) It was forced to be forced.

ByPaul

After that, the faulty DECOR was released in the 1990'sWindows 3.1It turns out that it was moving on. In French newspaper the heading "Orly is a victim of prehistoric software" is dancing.

Although Windows 3.1 leads to the appearance of later Windows 95, which is the OS which becomes the cornerstone of the success of Windows afterwards, since about 25 years have passed since it appeared, not only daily maintenance but also support system at the time of trouble occurrence A situation where it can be said that anxiety will not wipe out. Not surprisingly it is not only saying that "Windows 3.1 is still operating", it is a part of the system that manages two airports that can be said to be the aorta of the French aviation industry.

ByPCWorld

Organized by French controllersUNSA IESSAAlexandre Fiacre, who is at the top of the aircraft, said about the situation the airport was in, "The equipment used by Aéroports de Paris (ADP), which runs two airports in Paris, runs on four different operating systems, Ten to twenty years have elapsed since introduction.The ADP system runs on UNIX and the machine on Window XP is also running. "

Furthermore, the decrease in the number of staff dealing with these old equipment seems to be a problem. Even if a breakdown occurs, it is difficult to obtain the parts, so we use the online shop of the net to secure alternative products, and now three DECOR engineers also have one at the end of 2015 I have decided to retire, but the substitute person has not been allocated yet.

Although the trouble of this time was the Orly airport with comparatively low traffic, it can be said that the substantial damage was not so big, but the same trouble is the biggest airport in the world using the same DECOR Charles de Gaulle The possibility of occurring at the airport is still left. French Transport Minister has committed to renew DECOR to the latest state by 2017, said Fiacre said, "In my view, 2019, probably will be 2021 years, at the earliest," It is said that.

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