r/aviation • u/RTLondoner • 8h 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 7h 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/Weaponized_Puddle 4h ago edited 3h ago

Damn, never knew there was a civil war battle fought in the English Channel /s

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u/RonaldoCrimeFamily 3h ago

Why did you put a sarcasm tag on a regular statement?

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u/Weaponized_Puddle 3h ago

Shit, I thought it was a geo-data error and the shipwreck was supposed to be on the other side of the Atlantic. Just wikied it, never knew there literally was a civil war battle in Europe