Re: Disobeying jet engines - why?

Didi <diditgi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:f121757f-1671-4ebe-892d-625ea1c236b6
@h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7206596.stm


Anyway, to me this sounds like some popular office OS has made its
way into the cockpit and was out for lunch with the HDD while the
pilot
was trying to talk it into delivering his commands to the engine
controllers...

Windoze is NOT qualified for critical applications like this. It's
something pretty specialized and focused for the application. I
suspect the investigation will either find a hardware fault or
operator error (misconfigured autopilot). Airbus has had something
similiar happen, resulting in a crash and loss of life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kHa3WNerjU

--Damon Real life doesn't have a 'reset' button
.