[Tank-FL]

This is sort of an update to previous posting

[Mr. Jeeves]

Not to worry - the onboard version of Microsoft Vista isn’t that capable...and the 787 crews will be trained to troubleshoot memory leaks and reboot the plane as many as five times without needing to land if it locks up in flight. ;)

[red-dawg]

So is it going to called a 787 / SP2 ?

[Syntyr]

Blue Screen of Death Hijacking

[Blood of Tyrants]

The problem is that all three are linked.

Time to de-link them.

[VRW Conspirator]

2600 is now 10,000

[ricks_place]

Very likely that the Aircraft Systems Network is completely separate from the Aircraft Entertainment Network. Cross connecting the Aircraft Systems Network with the public would be negligent. Perhaps a struggling competitor is propagating this redherring.

[BILLNHILL MAKE ME ILL]

Does Fox News not recognize that maybe, if this is actually possible, they shouldn’t do a story on it and give some Mecca minded geek ideas?

[rmlew]

Wi Fi?
The are going to have wi fi?
What spec are they going to use? Anything short of rotating 256-bit WPA2 keys on a 802.11N network with non-broadcasting ID calls is suicide! And that is todays tech.

Let's not have the Dreamliner become synonymous with RIP Boeing. If the security measures aren't changed and there ever is a terrorist attack, Boeing will be litigated out of existence.

[AFreeBird]

WTF?

I can't believe that Boeing would be so incompetent as to connect a passenger entertainment network with a flight control system.

If this is true, then somebody screwed the pooch big time.

[cpforlife.org]

Boeing Corp. does have a back-up system just in case the Vista base OS, uh, crashes.

Each 787 will be equipped with two of these new babies, just in case the first one, goes down...

[Mr. Silverback]

Interesting, but no activism or chapters related.

[monkeyshine]

LOL, run MS Flight Simulator and enjoy the ride!

[conservative cat]

Sounds like speculative BS to me.

[Eye of Unk]

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.

[JudgemAll]

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.

[Textide]

[dinodino]

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.

[PsyOp]

Imagine flying along a 30,000 ft. and seeing this message on your flight control computer screen.

“Fatal System Error - Shutting Down Now.”