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Angleae

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5. I don't buy this.

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2015, 07:03 AM

May 2015

Hacking into the entertainment system, sure. Altering engines & flight instruments, no. In over 20 years of being a commercial avionics tech, I've never seen or even heard of the entertainment system being linked to any other system except to receive inputs from inertial reference units to show the position/speed/altitude/etc of the plane on a map displayed in the cabin.

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FBI: Hacker took control of 15-20 flights. Evidence of "damage and tampering" in an in-flight entertainment box [View all] pnwmom May 2015 OP

Why the inflight entertainment system is connected in any way to flight operations Calista241 May 2015 #1

"Wiggle and squeeze" sounds like some kind of sex act... hunter May 2015 #2

What a completely bizarre story. BobTheSubgenius May 2015 #3

Bizarrely written, too.. n/t dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #4

I don't buy this. Angleae May 2015 #5

The guys claims he did it, so the FBI has to investigate FLPanhandle May 2015 #6

I've talked to Boeing people who say it is unlikely but possible. pnwmom May 2015 #9

And they want 18 wheelers to be DiverDave May 2015 #7

Planes could be hacked through in-flight entertainment system IDemo May 2015 #8