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Re:Deep dive into the UK air traffic control meltdown by philjohn on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @05:55AM (#37478810)
The Ariane 5 launch failure[1] was a similar issue, albeit with a more spectacular outcome.

Primary suffers integer overflow, fails. Secondary is identical, which also overflows. Angle of attack increases, boosters separate. Rocket goes boom.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_flight_V88

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