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Apple Maps directs drivers across runway

article published on 26 September, 2013

An airport in Alaska gas to close an aircraft access route and erect barricades because Apple's Maps app directed drivers across an actively used runway. Fairbanks International Airport witnessed two incidents where drivers had driven along a taxiway and across a runway. It turns out the Apple Maps app on their devices had indicated that was a correct route to take. Through the attorney ... [ read the full article ]

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ThePastor
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_ 		26. September 2013 @ 13:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How do you accidentally drive onto a runway?

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Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
ddp
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_ 		26. September 2013 @ 16:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
because people trust their gps devices & map apps.
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plazma247
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_ 		27. September 2013 @ 19:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Q, how do you drive onto a run way
A, put to much faith in the ishiney and fruit flavoured instructions.

Seriously, maybe they were holding it wrong.
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Azuran
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_ 		28. September 2013 @ 18:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The better question is how can it be that easy to drive your car onto a runway?
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