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Has ET claimed another aircraft?  It’s a sneaking suspicion which keeps popping up in the back of my conscious.  I know most think that by ET I mean the Extra Terrestrial movie star; and, I’ll own that I was quite happy for that notion to exist, but it’s not what I meant.

Electronic Transmogrification (ET) in the form of ‘virus’ or corrupt data creating problems is much more believable than some of the complex ‘conspiracy’ theories floating about.  You can, without to much trouble have your computer ’infected’ and made useless; your ‘details’ and identity can be stolen, government and industries spend millions, if not billions on computer security.  The ‘Black hats’ demonstrated a couple of years back that ‘aeronautical’ systems can be ‘hacked’.  

So I arrive at the parallels between MH 370 and MS 804 and a ‘what if’ question which, IMO, needs an answer.   This is not a ‘theory’ which I will defend to the death; just a simple, stray notion which intrigues me in quiet moments.  What say you?

In my past life as a SAR pilot in the tedious daylight hours on call & hanging around the base, one of our required tasks was to once a month download a Jeppesen database update to floppy discs or a USB stick. We then would power up the aircraft off the GPU and upload the update via the discs/stick into the aircrafts on-board FMS. The same procedure (more or less) was required to be completed of the secondary TSO'd GPS.

A similar procedure was also required on a mandated 50 hrly (kick the tyres & grease the nipples) maintenance inspection, where the LAME would insert a disc to download & upload information from the engine & systems database (i.e. ECTM).  

I often used to think how hard would it be to introduce a virus, either by default or by devious design, so the "K" hypothesis certainly has merit especially when dealing with 15-20+ year computer technology that carried far less software security protection, like with MH370 or MS-804. Certainly food for thought until such time as some computer boffin comes out and says.."that's impossible because..??" 

While on the subject of MS-804 here is the latest news cycle update from the cyber-sphere... :

EgyptAir crash: doomed plane's distress signal 'picked up by satellites'

Reports say aviation authorities have confirmed that the EgyptAir plane which crashed into the Mediterranean earlier this month emitted a distress signal.

Authorities in the US and Egypt have said that satellites picked up an emergency beacon after the airliner disappeared from radar on its way from Paris to Cairo.

The passenger jet with 66 people on board is thought to have plunged into the sea about 180 miles north of Alexandria.

Investigation teams are on their way to the area with deep water detection systems that it is hoped will help locate the flight recorders.

Debris including seats and luggage as well as body parts have already been found.

The French aviation safety agency has said the plane transmitted messages indicating smoke in the cabin and a fault in the flight control unit minutes before losing contact.

Egyptian and American investigators have claimed an emergency transmitter sent an automatic distress signal - according to a US official, seven minutes after the plane vanished from radar.

It's not known what caused the plane to come down so suddenly.

http://www.euronews.com/2016/05/31/egyptair-crash-doomed-plane-s-distress-signal-picked-up-by-satellites/

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Doomed EgyptAir plane's black box FOUND as harrowing photos emerge of wreckage

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said on Sunday no particular theory is being favored to explain why EgyptAir MS804 plunged into the Mediterranean, after sending out an automated message signaling smoke on board.

EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed in the Mediterranean Sea on its way to Cairo from Paris, killing all 66 people onboard.

Egypt's aviation minister on Thursday said investigators hadn't ruled out any scenario, but that terrorism was a more likely cause than mechanical failure.

Sisi said "it is very, very important to us to establish the circumstances that led to the crash of that aircraft" even as he pointed out it "will take time" to determine the exact cause of the tragedy that has seen no survivors.

Speaking of Egypt's dedication to the search, Sisi said: 'They have a submarine that can reach 3,000 metres under water.

On Friday, search teams found wreckage including seats and luggage about 290 kilometres north of Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt's military said.

The Daesh group was quick to claim responsibility for that attack, but there has been no such claim linked to the EgyptAir crash.

The data came through the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, which sends messages between planes and ground facilities.

It disappeared from radar early Thursday as it flew to Cairo - what should have been about a 3½-hour flight.

The 262-foot ship will aim to identify the sound of the underwater location beacons fitted to the crashed plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders, known as black boxes.

A French navy spokesman said a French maritime surveillance plane "on Sunday (yesterday) detected a lot of floating objects, probably related to the aircraft, in the search area".

There were indications of problems with a heated window in the cockpit, a sliding window in the cockpit, smoke in the lavatory, smoke in the avionics compartment below the cockpit, a fixed window, the autopilot and the flight control system.

The official website of the Egyptian Aircraft Accident Investigation Directorate, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, gave details of a 2013 incident in which the plane in question had to make an emergency landing. On Friday, IS issued a statement on clashes with the Egyptian military in Sinai, but said nothing about the plane crash.

The number of tourists fell 40 percent in the first quarter of 2016 compared to past year due in large part to the suspected bombing of a Russian plane carrying 224 people from a Red Sea resort in late October.

As of now, investigators have found nothing implicating the flight crew or security officials aboard the plane, an Egyptian official said.

An global flotilla of search ships, aided by surveillance planes, was scouring a section of sea 180 miles north of the port city of Alexandria, and retrieved some wreckage, belongings and human remains over the weekend.

"Most of the data is sensed and acquired at the front of the aircraft and travels by datalink to the recorders at the rear which are in simple terms, very large capacity non-volatile memory sticks", he added.

EgyptAir said 30 Egyptians, 15 French passengers, two Iraqis, and one passenger from Britain, Sudan, Chad, Portugal, Algeria, Canada, Belgium, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia were on board.

The report further said there has been no official confirmation, and EgyptAir did not confirm or deny that the black boxes have been located. I told her to switch off her phone, but she said: "What if Samar calls?"

The European Space Agency says one of its satellites has spotted a possible oil slick in the same area of the Mediterranean Sea where Flight 804 disappeared.

http://info-europa.com/sports/doomed-egyptair-planes-black-box-found-as-harrowing-photos-emerge-of-wreckage/273575

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