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You have to have emergency plans before you ever take off. you have to have enough fuel to get to your primary and secondary in case something happens. so you actually program and have flight coordinates for airports other than the ones that youre going to but its to deal with emergencies or weather or problems at the airport and you cant get in. so its just a backup plan. >> patrick, i want to ask -- lets see. this one is from keith. could the transponder have been reprogrammed to emit a differ...

A second. >> yeah. so this one is for mary from tristan. why would one program a computer system if they didnt plan on landing somewhere? >> ordinarily you plan your flight come ut pooers for places you dont intend to land because you have to have emergency plans before you ever take off. you have to have enough fuel to get to your primary and secondary in case something happens. so you actually program and have flight coordinates for airports other than the ones that youre going to but its to d...