Reply #26: Ok...

[Devils Advocate NZ]

Now is where we enter into the realm of speculation. Yes, a FANS equipped aircraft can be remotely piloted via the data links. The onboard FMCS actually flies the plane, but the flight plan it flies can be changed via an external signal. Thus the aircraft is actually being piloted from the ground becuase it will fly where the person on the ground tells it to fly.

You will notice that Boeing actually says that the FMCS can fly the aircraft from "immediately after take-off to final approach and landing". To me this means that, unaltered, the FMCS can land the aircraft on a given runway. Takeoff is actually easier than landing, so one would assume that the FMCS could also takeoff, but that for some reason it has been disabled from doing so.

Now where the speculation comes in is how the autopilot can be made to take over the aircraft and prevent the pilots from regaining control. It seems to me that the FMCS could easily be reprogrammed to refuse to be disabled once it has been put into automatic mode.

Of course, if we are suggesting that the government was behind the "hijacking" then we can also assume they would have access to the aircraft pre-flight in order to change programming or circuit boards.

By the way, I have not said that I believe this is what happened. In fact I believe it WAS Al Qaeda, but that Al Qaeda is in fact a Bush/CIA proxy force, and that these hijackers really thought they were dying for Allah, when in fact they were dying for Bush and his oil buddies.

However, I hate seeing people suggest something is totally preposterous when in fact it is perfectly plausible and in fact would be rather simple for the US government to pull off if it so wished.