Malware's role in fatal 2008 Spanair crash

A Spanair flight that crashed two years ago killed 154 people and was Spain's worst air disaster in 25 years. Recent reports have suggested that an infected computer warning system was the reason pilots were not alerted that the plane's wing slats were not properly positioned for takeoff. That does not appear to be true -- Spanair JK 5022 was not brought down by a Trojan.

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