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That come over the transpond her even if it got turned off before. >> if the transponder was somewhere turned off, could that plane land somewhere and no one know about it? >> well, yes. if the transponder was switched off and the plane was no longer transmit squawking as it's known, yes the plane -- the transponder has nothing to do with the ability of the aircraft to fly. it's literally i'm here, this is who i am. what would have happened, as that plane was flying, there would be full scale full throttle radar tracks. yes, the 777 could have flown low and tried to evade. you're not talking a...