25 January 2021, 7:46 pm EST By Adobe Flash Player Shutdown Caused 'Chaos' for Chinese Railroads for Over 20 Hours ( Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website ) Back in 2017, Adobe had announced that it would officially be deactivating its Flash by the end of 2020. Some time earlier this month, on the 12th of January, Adobe had finally carried out with its non-negotiable plan, to deactivate Flash installations all around the world. However, it seems like the shutdown of the Adobe Flash Player caused chaos for a Chinese railroad over in Liaoning province. Adobe Flash player shutdown According to Apple Daily, officials at the China Railway Shenyang had used Flash-based software in order to plan each day's thorough railroad operations. As a result of this particular outage, Apple Daily stated that staffers were reportedly unable to see the certain train operation diagrams, formulate the critical train sequencing schedules, and even arrange the shunting plans.