A year after Apple’s notorious debut of its own mobile map, a new snafu is heaping more embarrassment on the iPhone maker.
According to a report from the Alaska Dispatch, the much-maligned mapping app was directing drivers to the Fairbanks International Airport across the facility’s taxiway and runway in order to get to the terminal.
The report said that airport staff had complained to Apple about the glitch, which despite assurances had not yet been fixed.
The report came just over a year after Apple launched its in-house mapping programme in a bid to dislodge Google Maps as the location app of choice on iPhones and iPads.
User complaints mounted so quickly after the September 2012 launch of iMaps that Apple was forced to issue a rare apology, recommending users access alternative apps, and fired the executives responsible.
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