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Jtsummers | on: US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028
> Do they seriously not have a backup connection?

That was the backup connection. The primary failed, and concurrently the backup had been severed by a construction crew.

vvilliamperez | parent
If you don't regularly test your backup, you don't have a backup.
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