Secret/classified hijack codes and/or buttons? Pah!
Just for fun, why don't you guys go to Google.com and try the following keywords:
hijack squawk code
For those of you too lazy to do that, just click here:
http://www.google.com/search?q=hijac...&start=20&sa=N
These are just some of the many industry documents found:
http://www.honeywelltcas.com/support...ates020814.pdf
http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/directline_issues/dl7_say.htm
http://www.aviationnow.com/content/p...look/aw203.htm
and by the way, here is the "official" explanation on the cause of the code:
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/18876print.asp
Crew member set off SIA hijack alarm by accident
Friday • May 7, 2004
THE hijack alarm that had a United States F-16 jet scrambling to escort a Singapore Airlines flight into Los Angeles on Tuesday was accidentally set off by a crew member.
Flight SQ20 was escorted into LA airport and stormed by US police, in response to the alarm transmitted by the plane's transponder.
The US Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, Mr Don Walker, said investigations so far showed that the device was switched on by mistake. SIA confirmed that one of the cockpit crew had activated the alarm inadvertently.
The crew realised the mistake but the signal could not be deactivated while the plane was in flight.
SIA is conducting an internal investigation to establish how the mistake occurred and how to prevent it from happening again. — NewsRadio 93.8
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