Leap second crashes Qantas and leaves passengers stranded

#1

Post by alanyjw » Sun, Jul 01, 2012, 9:10 PM UTC

Re: Leap second crashes Qantas and leaves passengers stranded

#2

Post by swombat » Sun, Jul 01, 2012, 9:37 PM UTC

Good thing it was the reservation code and not the autopilot code. Those passengers should count themselves lucky!

#3

Post by ghayes » Sun, Jul 01, 2012, 9:44 PM UTC

This title is flagrantly misleading. 'Crashes' and 'plane' should be about the reservation system.

#4

Post by joshka » Mon, Jul 02, 2012, 12:56 AM UTC

Please use the original title, unless it is misleading. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

#5

Post by alanyjw » Mon, Jul 02, 2012, 4:25 AM UTC

joshka wrote: post #4

Please use the original title, unless it is misleading. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It appears that the title was changed after it was posted. If you take a look at the URL, the article's original title is still visible.