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Old 26th Dec 2016, 12:38
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GPS loss 2017

Risk of GPS Loss during flight on 01 January 2017.
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Old 26th Dec 2016, 12:47
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Enlighten us... leap seconds have been introduced before, no?
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Originally Posted by DIBO
Enlighten us... leap seconds have been introduced before, no?
Most recent was 18 months ago.

A good time to play the Stock Market, apparently.

Just don't plan on flying Qantas at the time: Leap second crashes Qantas and leaves passengers stranded
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http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/gps/B...nd12312016.pdf
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Old 1st Jan 2017, 21:05
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So: did anything happen?

I note London Ambulance Service had problems early on 1st Jan., particularly with GPS vehicle location systems that would be interfacing with their incident management systems.
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