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Re: OT: "safe mode" for commercial aircraft
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Mark Boyd <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Boyd <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:19:55 -0700
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Russia has a more no nonsense approach.  There are two transponders in their
planes.  The second one cannot be reached from the inside nor can it be shut
off.  They also send up a military escort to investigate if a plane doesn't
respond to the tower after five minutes or varies from their flight path by
more than x.

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