Originally Posted by
BluSdUp
I just want to point out that after the Swiss Air crash in Canada years ago the IFE is isolated by a single switch in all airliners , it is a requirement !
Next to the Coffeemaker in the 737 (Galley + pax stuff).
Also the IFE is not in contact with the FMC or any Flight-control computers, whatsoever!
Bad news, it kills my scenario for sensationalist media: The hacker that goes through the IFE and convert all throttle commands into IDLE. I.e. any commanded thrust setting are changed to idle when it reach the engine/FADEC.
It would be something to send in an email outlining a scenario where the engines goes to idle, nothing works, resetting circuit breakers, disconnecting A/THR, nothing works. Finally they turn off the cabin bus and higher thrust settings becomes available again. Disaster averted.