>> well, one of the things that pilots are trained to do is, for example, if it was a situation where military aircraft had spotted it, ordinarily they ask for a confirmation, attempt to communicate with the plane, even in kaol where the russians shot down a while back, and north korea took down one or two also, but when they do that they said they did attempt to communicate. now the issue with the transponder and squawking the right codes and making sure you identify yourself as this flight would depend on many things, on the pilot making sure they have the right codes in the airliner, it would depend upon the intercepting aircraft or radar being able to intercept that and know that it's a civilian jetliner and they should have it, russia has it, ukraine has it, and if it was a military