Behind every cancellation notice in many airports around the world is a complex story of safety, technology, and global coordination. This was one of those weeks. At Haneda Airport in Tokyo an airplane can be seen during a sunset on Saturday November 29, 2025. Photo: Ramiro Vargas / chilanga.com The invisible architecture of modern air travel is built on code. This week, a single line of it, vulnerable to the sun’s ancient fury, sent ripples across the global aviation sys