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Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Fri Oct 1 19:04:05 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <5A6D953473350C4B9995546AFE9939EE0A52B09F@RWC-EX1.corp.seven.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:00:51 -0700
To: George Bonser <gbonser@seven.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Oct 1, 2010, at 2:31 PM, George Bonser wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked?
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> Quite possible if one is using it to distribute a virus. RE: Spanair
> flight JK-5022
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http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1578877.php/C
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http://aircrewbuzz.com/2008/10/officials-release-preliminary-report-on.htm=
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A more recent Interim report:
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http://www.fomento.es/NR/rdonlyres/AADDBF93-690C-4186-983C-8D897F09EAA5/75=
736/2008_032_A_INTERINO_01_ENG.pdf
The crew apparently skipped the step where they were supposed to deploy
the slats/flaps prior to takeoff.
Additionally, the warning system on the aircraft which should have =
alerted
the crew to the failure to extend the flaps/slats also failed to sound.
A computer virus may have had a small contribution to the failure to =
detect
the warning system failure in the maintenance process, but, it did not =
cause
the accident.
The accident is clearly the result of pilot error, specifically the =
failure to
properly configure the aircraft for takeoff and failure to take remedial
action upon activation of the stall warning system during the initial
climb.
Owen (who is also a pilot with a commercial rating)
