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jeff47

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18. Aside from all the answers you got so far

Reply to moondust (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 10:56 PM

Mar 2014

There's an even more basic answer:

If you remove the "off" switch on the transponder, the pilot can still turn off the circuit breaker.

And you can't remove that capability without introducing a rather large fire and electrical hazard.

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This Isn’t the First Time that a Giant Plane With GPS Tracking Has Vanished [View all] n2doc Mar 2014 OP

Not comparable Kelvin Mace Mar 2014 #1

not to mention all the passengers. Voice for Peace Mar 2014 #12

Fascinating, thanks! I'd never heard of that... (nt) petronius Mar 2014 #2

My question: moondust Mar 2014 #3

because it would drive the ground controller Corgigal Mar 2014 #4

What does the ground controller see/hear? n/t moondust Mar 2014 #5

the ground at that airports Corgigal Mar 2014 #6

I was thinking about that also Duckhunter935 Mar 2014 #7

I'm surprised moondust Mar 2014 #13

An "aviation expert" on a BBC Newshour program this week bobduca Mar 2014 #8

Remember transponders are for the ATC system Corgigal Mar 2014 #10

If you wanna know a whole lot more than you know abt equipment on truedelphi Mar 2014 #16

Aside from all the answers you got so far jeff47 Mar 2014 #18

What could make this disappearance even worse than it is JimDandy Mar 2014 #9

You mean an American AIrlines aircraft vanished under Bush and Cheney's watch? malaise Mar 2014 #11

Only a couple years after 9/11, too. Iggo Mar 2014 #15

Has everyone forgotten the documentary "Lost"??? Schema Thing Mar 2014 #14

Uh, apparently that documentary has been, how should we put it - truedelphi Mar 2014 #17