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"Software for airplanes" is a broad term. If I ever get into a position to make software for airplanes, it's probably not going to be things that can crash the plane. The entertainment system is still software for airplanes.
dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/eng0Oops!
Use /dev/random for chaos
Ugh, why the hell aren't those air-gapped?
Same thing in cars. Why is the infotainment system that is connected to the internet not air-gapped from the critical car functions?
These things aren't hard to do. I guess we just need people to die before we take such basic safety measures.