"As an example, Hypponen said he had recently spoken to a European aircraft maker that said it cleans the cockpits of its planes every week of malware designed for Android phones. The malware spread to the planes only because factory employees were charging their phones with the USB port in the cockpit.
Because the plane runs a different operating system, nothing would befall it. But it would pass the virus on to other devices that plugged into the charger."
What kind of malware would that be? Also obviously the OS is at risk since it also must have been infected to be able to pass the malware along (I'm guessing this might be the entertainment system or something and nothing critical).