29-04-2014, 01:24 PM
Remote anti-terrorist systems like this might prevent low-tech passengers from gaining control of the plane but also enables a high tech hacker to access the plane's controls from the safety of his/her living room. Not a good trade off, at least if the hijackers want to survive the experience.
In this case, neither the wreckage or the passengers have re-appeared, so either the plane hit the water very gently and sank almost intact, or it actually landed somewhere and the hijackers have spoofed the satellite and then dropped the black boxes into the ocean.
What is bugging me is, why haven't the smart phone companies released any data they might have concerning gps location of the phones? If I understand it correctly, the phone doesn't have to be in use for those systems o query their locations.
In this case, neither the wreckage or the passengers have re-appeared, so either the plane hit the water very gently and sank almost intact, or it actually landed somewhere and the hijackers have spoofed the satellite and then dropped the black boxes into the ocean.
What is bugging me is, why haven't the smart phone companies released any data they might have concerning gps location of the phones? If I understand it correctly, the phone doesn't have to be in use for those systems o query their locations.