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Happened with the ethiopian airliner several years ago. the hijacker commanded the pilots to fly them to a certain place. the pilot said were going to run out of gas, we wont make it there and tried to do it anyway. >> wouldnt they have a moment to push a may day button to let the ground know whats going on. >> there isnt a may day button. would you have to put in a discreet transponder code of 7600 or 7700, depending on what the circumstance, is and then push the ident button so the air traffic...