Tech Jag
- 17GEN4
- May 6, 2023
- 15 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
Garbage H1B Visa Tech Worker from India Software leads to HACK of 6,000 aircraft in JetBlue Airbus fleet - Software Update...
Galactic Glitch: Cosmic Rays Suspected in JetBlue Plunge, Sparking Global Aircraft Recall
December 4, 2025
A routine JetBlue flight from sun-soaked Cancun to the bustling streets of Newark turned into a heart-stopping nosedive last month, courtesy of invisible invaders from the cosmos. Experts now point to a rogue cosmic ray—hurtling from a supernova explosion millions of years ago—as the likely culprit behind the sudden altitude drop that injured 15 passengers and forced an emergency landing. The incident has triggered a massive recall of over 6,000 Airbus jets worldwide, exposing aviation's vulnerability to the universe's high-energy whims.
The drama unfolded on October 30 aboard JetBlue Flight 1230, an Airbus A320 packed with vacationers eager to trade Mexican beaches for New Jersey's autumn chill. Cruising at 35,000 feet over Florida, the plane suddenly pitched downward without warning, plummeting 100 feet in just seven seconds. Oxygen masks deployed like confetti from hell, passengers screamed as unbelted bodies were hurled against ceilings, and the cabin filled with the chaos of flying luggage and lacerated limbs. "We need medical equipment," the pilot radioed air traffic control, his voice steady amid the panic. Three passengers suffered head wounds, and at least 15 were hospitalized after the jet touched down safely—but shakily—at Tampa International Airport.
What caused this airborne ambush? Initial investigations by Airbus and regulators like the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) zeroed in on a glitch in the aircraft's Elevator Aileron Computer (ELAC), the digital brain that translates pilot commands into flight control. In a "fly-by-wire" system like the A320's, there's no mechanical linkage between the yoke and the wings—everything runs through vulnerable microelectronics. A single "bit flip"—a cosmic one-two punch flipping a 0 to a 1 in the computer's memory—could send rogue signals, commanding an unbidden descent.
Enter the cosmic rays: subatomic particles accelerated to near-light speeds by distant stellar cataclysms, slamming into Earth's atmosphere like bullets from a galactic gunfight. These aren't your garden-variety sunbeams; they're high-energy protons and nuclei that can pierce aircraft hulls and zapping sensitive chips, causing "single-event upsets" (SEUs). Space radiation expert Dr. Steve Dyer, who once monitored cosmic barrages aboard the Concorde, called it a textbook strike: "Cosmic rays can interact with modern microelectronics and change the state of a circuit." He points to a similar scare in 2008, when Qantas Flight 72—an Airbus A330—dropped 690 feet twice in minutes, injuring over 100, with cosmic interference as the prime suspect.
Airbus initially blamed "intense solar radiation," possibly confusing the timeline with a massive solar flare that erupted on November 11, blanketing flight levels in hazardous particles for days. But Dyer begs to differ, insisting the October 30 timing aligns better with sporadic cosmic ray showers than solar tantrums. "Solar flares can be a thousand times more energetic," he told reporters, "but this was a lone wolf from the stars." Either way, the fallout is earthly and immediate: EASA and the FAA issued emergency airworthiness directives in late November, grounding thousands of A320-family planes (including A318s, A319s, A320s, and A321s) across 375 airlines until software patches or hardware checks fortify against radiation-induced errors. The recall—coinciding with Thanksgiving travel—disrupted flights globally, stranding passengers from London to Los Angeles in a bureaucratic Bermuda Triangle.
JetBlue, still smarting from the scrutiny, has not commented publicly on the cosmic theory, focusing instead on passenger support. "Our crew's quick actions ensured everyone's safety," a spokesperson said in a statement, while Airbus emphasized the fix's urgency: Without it, worst-case scenarios could push planes beyond structural limits, risking catastrophe. Aviation safety advocates hail the response as proactive, but warn of a ticking cosmic clock. As our sun hurtles toward its next solar maximum in 2025-2026, expect more flares—and more flips—in the skies. 17GEN4.com
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Calls for National AI Regulations Overriding States to ‘Compete with China’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman served legal papers during speech in dramatic on-stage ambush
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COX Internet Service Provider Customers Facing DAILY Service outages - $90/mo for internet only services...
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Sky News in the UK was "knocked off the air" by global cyber outage.
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Global Internet Outage Takes Down Major Services
‘Misinformation’ Watchdog NewsGuard Targets AI-Powered Fake Content Ahead of 2024 Election_BREITBART
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NewsGuard, the purportedly impartial media rating service that has created a blacklist of disfavored news organizations, is ramping up efforts to prevent AI from spreading fake content that could influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
NewsGuard claims it documented a 1,000 percent surge in AI-generated fake news articles about elections between May to December 2022. Meanwhile, a Proof study found language models like ChatGPT frequently provide inaccurate answers to granular questions about voting procedures.
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All other disruptions are 'hacks' from an 'unknown origin' but when Musk is involved, he will be held accountable - SpaceX May Be Withholding Satellite Internet in Taiwan, Congressman Contends
FBI and Homeland Security 'urgently investigating' whether AT&T outage was a CYBERATTACK - as security expert tells DailyMail.com it has all hallmarks of a hack
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Shadow AI: This trend involves the use of AI within an organization without formal IT department approval. As AI becomes more accessible, it's being used independently by non-technical workers. This could include AI matchmaking tools developed and used within organizations without formal oversight.
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Is standard blog post technology, i.e. auto-generating a url slug when publishing a blog post similar to, or possibly even conceptually the same thing as 'minting' on the blockchain? When this blog post was published, the following URL was created: https://www.michaelrcronin.com/post/tech-jag
The slug 'tech-jag' is a means of locating a file that is part of a larger directory and also describes what the page is about. Even if this post is updated, the slug does not change. However, the content on the page can change while the same URL with the same slug remains in place. So information can be added or changed and the location of the information and the original date the blog post was created is displayed as least as far as this platform is concerned.
It seems that when uploading a file to IPFS, the 'slug' or 'hash' or 'location ID' or whatever they call it changes every time a post is published... a 'snapshot' of a new location id/brand new address for every page that is published becomes pinned to a new location with a new location ID. Does this mean that everything published to IPFS is 'permanently published to the blockchain and can never be altered...' ? For example, updated web pages are not overwritten on IPFS. A copy of every published page permanently exists and cannot be deleted.
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