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FBI affidavit claims security expert admitted to briefly hacking flight controls

An FBI affidavit claims that a security expert who was pulled off a flight last month for sending tweets about hacking into a plane's controls admitted to briefly taking control of an aircraft and causing it to fly sideways. 

According to an application for a search warrant filed in federal court, Chris Roberts told FBI agents in February that he had hacked into the inflight entertainment systems on airplanes manufactured by both Boeing and Airbus 15 to 20 times between 2011 and 2014. In one instance, the document claimed, Roberts said he infiltrated the airplane's thrust management computer and momentarily took control of an engine. Roberts did not specify when he had done so.

Full article: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/18/fbi-affidavit-claims-security-expert-admitted-to-briefly-hacking-flight/?intcmp=latestnews

Video: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4242352235001/fbi-investigating-security-experts-flight-hacking-claim/?intcmp=latestnews#sp=show-clips

What we're afraid to say about Ebola

Michael Osterholm, director of the center for infectious disease research and policy at the University of Minnesota, wrote in an op-ed for the New York Timesabout a possibility that “virologists are loath to discuss openly but are definitely considering in private.” That possibility being: What if the Ebola virus mutated and could be transmitted through the air (say through a cough) rather than through contact with infected bodily fluids.

Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/opinion/what-were-afraid-to-say-about-ebola.html

Think your flight is delayed?

A recent photo from an airport in Chile were an active volcano is creating major disruptions to air travel.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner first flight

Wow!  America can still build the best! Check it out:

http://787firstflight.newairplane.com/ffindex.html