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-passe... "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