Each 787 will be equipped with two of these new babies, just in case the first one, goes down...
Posted on 02/26/2008 3:35:45 PM PST by Tank-FL
Last month, technology news sites and blogs breathlessly reported on a Federal Aviation Administration document suggesting that Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may be vulnerable to computer hackers.
Boeing now says that the problem was fixed even before the FAA issued its warning. But there may be yet another way bad guys could get into the plane's control system, one that neither the company nor the FAA may have noticed.
The FAA was specifically concerned that a passenger could use the on-board entertainment network, which personal laptops can plug into, to access the plane's navigation system and disable or take over the plane.
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Each 787 will be equipped with two of these new babies, just in case the first one, goes down...
“Seriously, I still don’t trust them. Not without a backup.”
THey have backup....and backups to the backup, and backups to that....
Interesting, but no activism or chapters related.
Yeah, there’s a video of it out on the net. I’ve even got a copy...
Why? A pilot was able to land a DC10 with zero functional control surfaces, despite not having practiced such a scenario. True, it wasn't a great landing, but if he'd prepared for such a scenario he probably could have done better.
Of course, if the engines had used a processor-controlled throttle system, who knows whether it would have allowed the necessary adjustments to control the plane.
I guess my philosophy would be that if planes are going to go fly-by-wire, there should be a backup "mode" in which, with the flip of a switch, the pilot can lock out all processor-controlled systems that use rewritable code storage. The plane's systems should have code in ROM that will allow the pilot to fly the plane. Perhaps not fly it as smoothly or elegantly as fancier code would allow, but at least fly it.
LOL, run MS Flight Simulator and enjoy the ride!
Sounds like speculative BS to me.
I always thought they had triple redundancies. I agree too much reliance on technology is dangerous. And I find it hard to believe that my laptop could ever be capable of taking over the cockpit of the plane, either by ethernet or whatever. I can’t believe the entertainment features would actually have a connection to the cockpit controls in any way, shape or form. What, are the planes being piloted with WiFi?
Now you're talking -love those Hemingway starters!
Oh my gosh, you bring back such memories. Is it just my imagination or did the disk drive grind more than it produced data?
TRSDOS anyone?
This plane cannot be hijacked electronically, flown remotely from another location yes but in the event the pilots lose control it will drop out and lockout any inputs from the cabin.
An unsubstantiated rumor of course.
We’ve come a looong way, though I hear Vista is still a nightmare of sorts.
No, no, we’re not talking about the space shuttle, this is Boeing. They’d have back up Sony Playstations.
This is the problem with the usage of Systems Processors which centralize the management of every component. The system should be a set of parallel systems that the Display processor should show the pilot for monitoring, providing a direct “look and feel” through itself.
They aren’t connected. I am familiar with the IFE (inflight entertainment) system. I am also a software developer, and I don’t see how there’s any risk of hacking flight critical systems here.
Most modern journalists completely lack basic subject matter knowledge, and in a technical arena, are generally so innumerate they are unable to acquire it.
Ha! Just wait till the copilot starts surfing the pR0n sites and clicks on the “200 free teen X rated cheerleaders” ad...
LOLOL Are you volunteering to crawl out on a wing to give the prop a spin in case of failure ?
I wonder if crank instructions will become part of pre-flight safety procedures ?
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