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A new report just out that they now know the airline flew as low as 1500 ft at two different points to avoid detection. Anyone still think this wasn't a deliberate act?
Harrier hasn't seen this report - though he has no doubt that it was a deliberate act.
Could you post the report, or cite where you read or heard about it?
A new report just out that they now know the airline flew as low as 1500 ft at two different points to avoid detection. Anyone still think this wasn't a deliberate act?
I think at this point, the bigger question isn't whether or not it was a deliberate act, but whose deliberate act? I am still not sold on the pilot wanting to commit suicide.
My question is, would a pilot with extensive training (even spending additional, countless hours on a simulator) really know how to avoid detection between different airspaces in order for no one to be able to detect the plane he was flying? Would it be more possible to do if the plane was being flown remotely?
My question is, would a pilot with extensive training (even spending additional, countless hours on a simulator) really know how to avoid detection between different airspaces in order for no one to be able to detect the plane he was flying? Would it be more possible to do if the plane was being flown remotely?
A commercial airliner cannot be flown remotely without some very extensive retrofits. It is possible, but someone would likely notice. The technology does exist.
As to your fist question: I have no idea. A simulator doesn't show radar installations of any sort. Avoiding multiple radar sites would require very intimate knowledge of the areas in question.
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