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How is it, that in a country with the strictest control over air-space, did this one flight manage to go off course let alone get that deep into NYC without F-16s being sent after it? Any plane goes off course by even a meter, there would be F16 fighter jets on its ass faster than you can say "fuck".

How is it, that in a country with the strictest control over air-space, did this one flight manage to go off course let alone get that deep into NYC without F-16s being sent after it? Any plane goes off course by even a meter, there would be F16 fighter jets on its ass faster than you can say "fuck".

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[–] • 2 pts

I'm not sure i agree with your assessment. With the transponder turned off the plane would've been virtually invisible to flight controllers.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I don't think you can just "turn off" the transponder for that very reason

[–] • 1 pt

Oh you could back then and they did just that.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Either way, an expected arriving flight just disappearing off the radar would raise suspicion.