Gatwick shuttle screen suffers pre-flight nerves

Bork!Bork!Bork! Airports and computers remain uneasy travel companions. At London Gatwick, the inter-terminal shuttle briefly demonstrated why, with one information screen declaring: "Operating System not found."

The black screen of bork was spotted by an eagle-eyed Register reader, hopefully about to jet off somewhere a little less rainy than the UK, who remarked: "At least it didn't say anything about a disk in drive A:."

Thank heavens for small mercies, although the sight of the screen is unlikely to inspire confidence in either an impending flight or the mode of transportation. We'd say it's gone off the rails, but that's a phrase best not uttered next to an overhead guide-tracked transport.

The Gatwick transit is a shuttle connecting the North and South Terminals that opened in 1987. Enthusiasts can ride any time without needing a ticket.

As for the screen, the ...