Draft Rule Requiring Transponder Hijack Mode Nears Publication
FAA is finalizing a draft rule that will require "hijack" modes for U.S. airliner transponders that, when activated, will continuously broadcast a distress code and key flight path information. The move, in the works for some time, is in response to the Sept. 11 hijackings and a recommendation by...
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