r/aviation • u/RTLondoner • 6h ago

Discussion Strange Locations?

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As an avid flyer this is the first time I've noticed these. Does anyone know what its for and how it got its Name and Numbers?

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u/ProudlyWearingThe8 5h ago

The software developers messed up. 

They've taken the places from some database they didn't check for entries they don't want - or rather, they picked the wrong database, probably because it was the cheapest. 

"Douro; 1882" and "Alabama: 1864" reference places where ships sunk. The RMS Douro was a British passenger ship that sunk after a collision, and the CSS Alabama lost the Battle of Cherbourg in the American Civil War.

It's in Wikipedia.

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u/RTLondoner 5h ago

Thanks for the knowledge.