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Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked?
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:50:28 -0400
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 5:31 PM, George Bonser <gbonser () seven com> wrote:
Quite possible if one is using it to distribute a virus. RE: Spanair flight JK-5022 http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1578877.php/C omputer-viruses-may-have-contributed-to-Spanish-2008-plane-crash
Hi George, That's been debunked. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/fact-check-malware-did-not-bring-down-a-passenger-jet/2354?tag=nl.e550 "A computer at the airline’s maintenance headquarters [...] was infected with some sort of malware. [...] That same computer is used to record incident reports submitted by mechanics and is programmed to raise an alarm if the same problem occurs three times on the same aircraft. On the day of the crash, the plane returned to the gate after the crew noticed a problem. The mechanics at the airport identified the issue and cleared the plane for takeoff. They apparently didn’t know that this was the third report of a similar problem in a two-day period. But even if the headquarters office had maintained its PC perfectly, the plane would still have taken off. The mechanics were still entering their report at the time of the crash." Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
Current thread:
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Heath Jones (Oct 01)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Rich Kulawiec (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Christopher Morrow (Oct 01)
- RE: AS11296 -- Hijacked? George Bonser (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? William Herrin (Oct 01)
- RE: AS11296 -- Hijacked? George Bonser (Oct 01)
- RE: AS11296 -- Hijacked? George Bonser (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? William Herrin (Oct 01)
- RE: AS11296 -- Hijacked? George Bonser (Oct 01)
- RE: AS11296 -- Hijacked? George Bonser (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Owen DeLong (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Steven Bellovin (Oct 02)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Christopher Morrow (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? John Curran (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Bryan Fields (Oct 01)
- RE: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Nathan Eisenberg (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? JC Dill (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Owen DeLong (Oct 01)
- Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked? Christopher Morrow (Oct 01)