tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644490640411457335.post7624670530527466383..comments2022-12-24T02:01:01.553-07:00Comments on Electric Alchemy: Malware in Spanair Fatal Air Crash Case: FUD or a real factor?DChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04707388475829589192noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644490640411457335.post-10031484982399815702012-08-19T13:23:42.580-06:002012-08-19T13:23:42.580-06:00It breaks my heart reading through this transcript...It breaks my heart reading through this transcript. My sincerest condolences to the families of the victims. I'd suggest for them to visit www.deathletters.org as it really helped me get through the loss of a loved one.Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296338674709919106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644490640411457335.post-51802290157244743892011-09-10T12:08:39.332-06:002011-09-10T12:08:39.332-06:00What a tragic accident. So many lives have been lo...What a tragic accident. So many lives have been lost. My condolences to their families.Mesa Car Accidenthttp://1800theeagle.com/injury-lawyer/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644490640411457335.post-29420426077955716172010-08-30T09:00:08.069-06:002010-08-30T09:00:08.069-06:00I haven't read the entire report, but also as ...I haven't read the entire report, but also as a pilot who is still alive despite my share of bone-headed moves, and has survived some interesting flights (including fire in the cockpit during single-pilot IMC), this does look to be a good assessment. It is not a "smear on pilots" to point to pilot error if there is such. The take-off flaps and slats settings is the responsibility of the pilot, and no one else.<br /><br />The FIRST rule of flying is AVIATE first. It seems that these pilots may have failed at that rule. There have been other accidents for exactly the same failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644490640411457335.post-53136596702170623492010-08-28T13:25:46.625-06:002010-08-28T13:25:46.625-06:00My blog update has my opinion:
http://blog.eset.co...My blog update has my opinion:<br />http://blog.eset.com/2010/08/25/rise-of-the-machines-navy-uav-goes-awol-malware-or-skynet<br /><br />[Update 8/28 12:12] Clarity on the Spanair crash should be given; the maintenance computer found partially responsible was indeed infected with malware however this was not an onboard flight computer. Rather, it was the ground crew policy and procedure which was interfered with by the malware-ridden system. The flight would have been grounded according to policy had the alarm triggered, however the pilot error was ruled the primary cause of the mishap.<br /><br />So the pilot made an error, the takeoff warning system (TOWS) failed to alert the pilot to the error, and this TOWS system was problematic, which would have grounded the plane had the malware-infected system the ground crew was using been operating properly. Any of the three issues being resolved would have saved 154 people, and that does include the malware on the flight system, which would have been ruled a ‘contributing factor to the mishap’ in Naval Aviation. Others have said it’s tertiary – there is no such thing. There are primary causes and contributing causes for a mishap. All contributing causes are equally to blame because without them the mishap may have been avoided, and that includes malware.Charleshttp://blog.eset.com/2010/08/25/rise-of-the-machines-navy-uav-goes-awol-malware-or-skynetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644490640411457335.post-12570070828223416362010-08-25T15:32:16.714-06:002010-08-25T15:32:16.714-06:00I am certain that the pilots were "properly t...I am certain that the pilots were "properly trained and professional aviators." I suspect this apparent smear on the pilots is related to psychological self-defense: "it can't happen to me." All humans, however well trained, make mistakes and get complacent sometimes.<br /><br />This was a cascade of failures: ground system computer didn't alert ground crews properly, ground crew disabled a malfunctioning system without full understanding of why it was malfunctioning or the side effects of disabling that system, pilots rushed and perhaps complacent because they expected warning system to function as a backup. ALL of those failures contributed to and were necessary aspects of the crash.<br /><br />The pilots KNEW exactly what had to be done, every step of the way, even from memory. All pilots like to think "I wouldn't make that mistake" but we have all made similar ones. We are simply lucky that the long chain of failures that brings a plane out of the sky weren't present on the day we made a small error. Many people made small mistakes which, if done correctly, could have prevented this tragedy. The pilots' error was only the last and (in retrospect) most obvious one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com