<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Brodbeck</b> <<a href="mailto:gull@gull.us">gull@gull.us</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sep 17, 2007, at 6:56 PM, Brian Wood wrote:<br>> Be careful, wasn't it supposed to be some sort of problem with the<br>> entertainment system that was part of the cause of that SwissAir<br>> flight deciding to go swimming?
<br><br>Well, yes, but in a roundabout way. Crashing the in-flight<br>entertainment system isn't going to crash the aircraft because it's<br>completely separate from any flight-critical computer systems.<br><br>On the SwissAir flight, the power wiring for the entertainment system
<br>arced where it had chafed against a bracket. The resulting fire in<br>the overhead area was spread by the ventilation system and was not<br>detected until it burned into the cockpit. The accident caused a<br>review of the standards for flameproofing of air ducting and
<br>insulation on aircraft, which were found to be inadequate.<br></blockquote></div><br>Nuts...don't you hate people who actually -do- the research and ruin your fantasy...here I was trying to think of ways to bring down planes through their LinuxPVR's and you just ruined it for me. Guess I'm just not cut out to be a terrorist...
<br><br>For the humor impaired...the above was in no way, shape, or form meant to be taken seriously. <br><br>Honestly, Thanks David for clearing up what the real fault was.<br><br>-- <br>Doug<br>