User546
The Ultimate Show Stopper
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Another thread on here reminded me of a discussion I was having with a co-pilot the other day while watching a History Channel documentary on Flight 11 that was the first airline to crash into the World Trade Center.
The show indicated that almost immediately after gaining control of the airplane, they turned off the trandsponder, and autopilot, and began hand flying the airplane.
My question is this: Once the hijackers took control of the airplane, how did they navigate the plane from somewhere outside of Boston to two "tiny" buildings in NYC? Do you think the hijackers would've been savvy with the FMS, or did they use some other form of navigatoin?
Has anyone ever heard of an explanation how this was possibly accomplished?
The show indicated that almost immediately after gaining control of the airplane, they turned off the trandsponder, and autopilot, and began hand flying the airplane.
My question is this: Once the hijackers took control of the airplane, how did they navigate the plane from somewhere outside of Boston to two "tiny" buildings in NYC? Do you think the hijackers would've been savvy with the FMS, or did they use some other form of navigatoin?
Has anyone ever heard of an explanation how this was possibly accomplished?