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Transponders, shut two off. so would no longer be transmitting its squawk code or altitude. the squawk code that commercial pilots can use to squawk 7500 which would identify a hijacking. disabled both of those, get below radar and bring the airplane and all the hostages to someplace where you can then -- >> okay, john, what you jug suggestedded is there are terrorists onboard the plane and we have no idea they have any terror ties at all who are good enough to get in the cockpit, turn off the devices, even everyone from making any communication, fly the plane for more than an hour to an uneve...

So-and-so, squawk 5512. if they wanted to signal something such as an emergency in flight they would squawk 7700. that can be done in a matter of seconds, so what we can deduce from this is something must have happened and it must have been so severe that it didn't give these pilots an opportunity to number one communicate on the radio system and it didn't give them an opportunity to put in a squawk code. these are the power settings right here. left engine right engine. this is the trim wheel. you can do that electronically or manually. this is the flight management system. it is so easy to t...

Say gives me a squawk code. squawk 0466 or whatever the number might be. as soon as i put 0466 in there they know who i am, where i am, how high i am. that's the way it is. you go above 18,000 feet, everybody sets the altimeter at 2992 and you are given a squawk code. no pilot has ever been instructed to turn off their transponder above 18,000 feet. if you do have a malfunction, if the transponder is giving false information, if it's broken or not reading correctly, the controller will come back and tell you, you've got to get below 18,000 feet. none of that happened. all of the sudden these a...