malfunction

Example Sentences

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"But they can also make all the electronics on a satellite malfunction, knock down power grids and affect weather and communication satellites."

From BBC

Airbus had instructed its clients Friday to take "immediate precautionary action" after a technical malfunction on board a JetBlue flight in October exposed that intense solar radiation could corrupt data critical to the flight controls.

From Barron's

The agency said that a preliminary technical evaluation by Airbus found a computer malfunction may have contributed to that incident.

From MarketWatch

Did computer systems in the highly automated wide-body jet somehow malfunction?

From The Wall Street Journal

During the study, the team uncovered previously unrecognized contributors to disease progression, including widespread inflammation, immune system malfunction, and shifts in how certain immune cells function.

From Science Daily