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Old August 26th 04, 03:41 AM
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John A. Weeks III wrote:

In article VP6Xc.135504$sh.122307@fed1read06, Darrell
wrote:

My local paper this morning said the southernmost plane sent a hijack
code just before it went off radar.


A report that has not been discounted by Russian authorities.

-john-


....which proves, yet again, how little journalists understand: setting the
transponder/IFF to emergency mode is done in a hijacking - or any other
emergency. All it does is to show the plane with a different display on the
radar screen.
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