Kinsedates·2022

Unsafe practices and GPS jamming

• • Using the IP address of a location service (e.g. iPhone) on a device under surveillance by a secret service to connect it to the aircraft’s GPS
  • Immediately after takeoff, and before the autopilot is engaged, the aircraft’s navigation system detects that the arrival coordinates have been exceeded, and initiates a slowdown of the engines, as if to ‘park’ the aircraft on the arrival runway
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  • The “Airplane mode” of phones usually keeps the location activated, allowing access by surveillance systems
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  • Pilots themselves are vulnerable to mind control (momentary mental absences, procedural breakdowns, sabotage of expertise)
  • With hundreds of thousands of commercial flights per day, and flagship aircraft models (e.g. Airbus, Boeing), it is possible to scan the standard IP addresses of navigation systems in order to establish a directory of parameters, and navigation manuals and/or certain technical data from manufacturers can be more easily accessible or even made available to qualified personnel (e.g. holders of a university degree or a doctorate in engineering Aerospace)
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  • A member of the secret service can easily contact an airline to obtain a detailed list of passengers on a particular flight

Complacency

• Witness to a casual attitude of the secret services (possibly Indian or French) regarding a certain awareness of the state of affairs, considering the occurrences of computer attacks on commercial flights as a statistic 

Emergence of a social status conducive to abuses of power, authority and a form of criminal immunity

• “We are the kings of the world”, the precariousness of employment due to the impossibility of a change of career environment and the over-protection of positions is gradually leading to a form of ethical laxity and a lowering of standards of professional rigour.

“It would be almost impossible to pull both switches with a single movement of one hand, and this makes accidental deployment unlikely” The cockpit voice recording captures one pilot asking the other why he “did the cut-off”, to which the person replies that he didn’t. The recording doesn’t clarify who said what. At the time of take-off, the co-pilot was flying the aircraft while the captain was monitoring. Investigators have made a chilling discovery in the preliminary investigation into the Air India Flight 171 crash which killed 260 people in June.Just seconds after take-off, both of the 12-year-old Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s fuel-control switches abruptly moved to the “cut-off” position, starving the engines of fuel and triggering total power loss. Switching to “cut-off” is a move typically done only after landing.The cockpit voice recording captures one pilot asking the other why he “did the cut-off”, to which the person replies that he didn’t. The recording doesn’t clarify who said what. At the time of take-off, the co-pilot was flying the aircraft while the captain was monitoring.The switches were returned to their normal inflight position, triggering automatic engine relight. At the time of the crash, one engine was regaining thrust while the other had relit but had not yet recovered power.Air India Flight 171 was airborne for less than a minutebefore crashing into a crowded neighbourhood in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, marking one of India’s most baffling aviation disasters.Investigators are probing the wreckage and cockpit recorders to understand what went wrong just after take-off. The Air India flight climbed to 625 feet in clear weather before losing location data about 50 seconds in, according to the FlightRadar24 website.The preliminary report from the investigation – led by Indian authorities with experts from Boeing, General Electric, Air India, Indian regulators, and participants from the US and UK – raises several questions.Investigators say the lever-lock fuel switches are designed to prevent accidental activation – they must be pulled up to unlock before flipping, a safety feature dating back to the 1950s. Built to exacting standards, they’re highly reliable. Protective guard brackets further shield them from accidental bumps.”It would be almost impossible to pull both switches with a single movement of one hand, and this makes accidental deployment unlikely,” a Canada-based air accidents investigator, who wanted to remain unnamed, told the BBC.That’s what makes the Air India case stand out.If one of the pilots was responsible for shutting down the switches, intentionally or not, it “does beg the question: why”, said Shawn Pruchnicki, a former airline accident investigator and aviation expert at Ohio State University.”Was it intentional, or the result of confusion? That seems unlikely, as the pilots reported nothing unusual. “In many cockpit emergencies, pilots may press the wrong buttons or make incorrect selections – but there was no indication of such a situation here, nor any discussion suggesting that the fuel switches were selected by mistake,” he said.”This kind of error doesn’t typically happen without some evident issue.”

Article 1: « Why cockpit audio deepens the mystery of Air India crash », Soutik Biswas, BBC

In combination with the group effect, and in the absence of disciplinary procedures vis-à-vis assiduous compliance with ethical codes, often perceived as guidelines that can be ignored, a rapid desensitization of recruits at the beginning of their careers can lead to negligence affecting respect for human rights

• The integrity of supervision and continuous improvement practices can be compromised by social contact between professionals, as can organizational culture
  • The “pantomime” aspect of mind control when it affects the body language or attitudes of targets can erode empathy and create a playful and addictive craze, individually or collectively
  • The ease of use of targeted nervous system servo systems combined with the considerable effectiveness of current remote neural monitoring technologies have created lucrative opportunities for luxury entertainment, and clandestine services are offered by secret agents to a high-end clientele. A privileged client can export and integrate his volition to civilians, without their knowledge and in a transparent way. This form of interpersonal tourism can raise issues of incoherence, attribution of responsibility or evolve into a form of game conducive to abuse of power, collusion, and spread corruption beyond the occurrence concerned.

Conflicts of interest and outrageous manipulation of civilians in positions of high responsibility

• Multiplication of independent initiatives for profit resulting in a form of Organized Crime internal to the intelligence/secret services

Abandonment of professional mandates

• Replaced by criminal initiatives that promote the accumulation of misappropriated funds and result in blatant openness that jeopardizes the confidentiality and secrecy of high-tech and operational methods, processes and structures, sometimes to terrorists, criminals, and/or civilians
• A significant part of the DGSE joined the Al-Qaeda group
• Many French secret agents proudly claim to belong to the terrorist group
• Joining Al-Qaeda is clearly fast and attractive, the salaries obtained encourage agents to prioritize their objectives by contributing to the lowering of performance standards and affecting the quality of their work