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Back in 2023 when the previous issue happened, it didn't actually "crash", it detected what it perceived as an inconsistency (which was due to invalid waypoint logic for waypoint codes in multiple countries) and put itself in "maintenance mode".

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My point was that it should not have happenned in the first place. It should have just rejected the flight plan, sent a notice to whatever coordination center would have been in charge of the flight and kept running.

The fact that it entered in maintenance mode still ruined a lot of people’s days.

I don’t think any flight crew or passenger cared about semantics back then.

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