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re: Chilling story regarding dissapearance of Malaysia flight 370
Posted on 6/20/19 at 1:42 pm to dupergreenie
Posted on 6/20/19 at 1:42 pm to dupergreenie
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I don't understand how the flight crew can turn off the transponder. That should be something that's always works.
I had to go back and re-read the thing about the depressurization... at first I mistakenly thought he had to kill all of the electrical stuff (including cabin pressure controls) to be able to kill the transponder, but it sounds like they're separate somehow.
Agreed, it's odd that that is something you can just turn off. I'm sure there's a reason for it (maybe one of the folks here could elaborate?).
This post was edited on 6/20/19 at 1:44 pm
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Posted on 6/20/19 at 2:15 pm to Slagathor
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kill all of the electrical stuff (including cabin pressure controls) to be able to kill the transponder, but it sounds like they're separate somehow.
of course you can turn off the transponder, you normally turn it on when you are ready to participate in the ATC system, you turn it off when you are finished, we leave ours on all of the time in flight, some carriers turn theirs off during extended flight outside of radar contact, and turn it on when approaching radar controlled airspace
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