"Viruses may have contributed to the Spanair passenger plane crash which killed 154 "

[noaccount]

El-País original article
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/ordenador/Spanair/anotaba/fallos/aviones/tenia/virus/elpepunac/20100820elpepinac_11/Tes
Translation
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/ordenador/Spanair/anotaba/fallos/aviones/tenia/virus/elpepunac/20100820elpepinac_11/Tes&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=ISO-8859-1

Consequences of accident
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/153/muertos/peor/siniestro/aereo/ultimos/25/anos/elpepuesp/20080820elpepunac_11/Tes
Translation
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/153/muertos/peor/siniestro/aereo/ultimos/25/anos/elpepuesp/20080820elpepunac_11/Tes&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=ISO-8859-1

F-Secure interpretation
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002013.html

[leofelix]

Muchas gracias "sin cuenta", entiendo español bastante bien.
Esa no es la primera vez que un ordinador infectado causa problemas tan grandes

Thank you noaccount, I understand spanish quite well.
Unfortunately this is not the first time that an infected computer causes so big issues

[Alboguy]

Unfortunately this is not the first time that an infected computer causes so big issues

It's first time for me to hear such things. Do you know any other case leo?

[leofelix]

@ Albo: I cannot find the links now.
I remember I have read of some similar problems already happened I do not remember where though.
Because of a programming error, some american nuclear warheads were launched agains URSS during the Cold War.
A Major of KGB was smart enough to understand it has been a mistake and could avoid a disaster

[princeaniket]

@ Albo: I cannot find the links now.
I remember I have read of some similar problems already happened I do not remember where though.
Because of a programming error, some american nuclear warheads were launched agains URSS during the Cold War.
A Major of KGB was smart enough to understand it has been a mistake and could avoid a disaster

sorry leo...
it was USSR not URSS..
i have never heard of any nuclear warhead's launch action by USA.. wow.. seems intersting..
can you please search the link .. coz.. i m big fan of " history"

[Ande]

Almost all airplanes are controlled through a computer these days.
I remember when I was on a plane getting ready to button up and leave the gate when a hydraulics indicator lit up with an error.
When the mechanics fixed the problem, the pilot's console had to be 'rebooted' There was not one real meter on the console, all were graphics on a screen.
The pilot had to reboot twice before everything came up.

Gives you a lot of confidence in the process. At least I didn't see a Microsoft splash screen at the boot.

Another advantage of sitting up front in a plane?

[INDRANIL]

Thanks for the info. Wow never hard that before

some american nuclear warheads were launched agains URSS during the Cold War.A Major of KGB was smart enough to understand it has been a mistake and could avoid a disaster.

[leofelix]

sorry leo...
it was USSR not URSS..
i have never heard of any nuclear warhead's launch action by USA.. wow.. seems intersting..
can you please search the link .. coz.. i m big fan of " history"

URSS is USSR (the same acronym) in my language, you are right.
As already said I cannot find any links.
I have tried unsuccessfully, sorry

to be pedantic: "coz" is not english, slang maybe, not standard english anyhow

[noaccount]

Thank you for the history lesson... but i find this very, very sad 154 inocent people died due to neglicence of others, no doubt this can happen in my country too. If this is confirmed, i hope spanish authorities take due consequences and punish severely the responsibles.

[leofelix]

Thank you for the history lesson... but i find this very, very sad 154 inocent people died due to neglicence of others, no doubt this can happen in my country too. If this is confirmed, i hope spanish authorities take due consequences and punish severely the responsibles.

You are welcome, mine was not a lesson of History.
concerning your statement

i hope spanish authorities take due consequences and punish severely the responsibles

So do I.
Even if this won't give back life to the victims