anybody else hear something about this????????????
>> Subject: [NBAA-pilots] British Airways 777
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>> QBer's-
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>> This was sent to me with little background other than the below text, but
>> it appears that maybe
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>> the lower half text came from a NBAA discussion forum.
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>> If any of you corporate guys have access to NBAA "airmail", maybe you can
>> confirm.
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>> Gary J
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>> See the article below.
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>> Time to rethink "fly by wire" technology. This would never have happened
>> in a Hawker. But you would have had to hand fly the Hawker after the GS
>> pitch up that would have occurred.
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>> It seems to me that we have more to worry about with increased aircraft
>> automation and daily worsening of normal radio interference plus the very
>> likely possibility that the bad guys will start using this vulnerability
>> against us when they figure out how easy it is to disrupt or bring down a
>> modern aircraft.
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>> Guess I'm about ready to go back to a twin Beech with coffee grinder
>> radios....naaaa
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>> JC
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>> p.s. The main reason the Russians stayed with vacuum tube technology long
>> after the rest of the world went with integrated circuitry is that the old
>> technology is so much more resistant to RMI (radio magnetic interference)
>> from virtually any source including nuclear EMI (electro magnetic
>> interference).
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>> An unidentified source sent this concerning the Boeing 777 that crashed
>> short of the runway in London a few weeks ago.
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>> Well, the British aircraft accident investigation board has finally come
>> around to the conclusion that the event was RF-induced.
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>> Prime Minister Dr. Gordon Brown's motorcade was passing under the approach
>> path of BA038. His security system utilised a RF transmitter to block out
>> any cell-phone triggered devices. Apparently this system has a two mile
>> range, and it caused the Boeing 777 EEC's (electronic engine controls) to
>> sense a "overboost" situation, thereby commanding a reduced-thrust
>> situation for the engines, simultaneously. Most interesting.
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>> We'll see how Boeing and the BAA handle this one. This could be
>> potentially bad, in view of the simplicity of technology that the bad guys
>> could use to bring down an airliner.
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