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members said "good night" to ground controllers. >> it prompted the crew to make a decision to do probably what is called a high dive, which is a rapid descent from an altitude where you can't breathe, down to an altitude to where you can, between 10,000 and 12,000 feet is what they're aiming for. that's that number 12,000 feet. when i heard that, any pilot is thinking the bells are ringing there. i should tell you that the -- at this point, they don't have a transponder that's operating on this aircraft. we don't know why that is. this is what's called a primary target, which means it's not broadcasting its open altitude as it would with the transponder, which enhances the radar blip. in the case of military radar, they have the ability to capture an idea of the altitude, because they want to intercept an intruder. so the accuracy of this radar is not perfect. so somewhere between 10,000,