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To: tejek who wrote (845980)	3/29/2015 9:29:56 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) of 1574855

If true, no kidding. That is pretty lax. They should put a button on all airliners. If pressed, it doesn't allow the plane to descend below the level of the tallest object within 250 kilometers. If it is below that altitude, it climbs there. The only way to unlock it is to have ground control do it. If need be, ground control can move the plane to an underpopulated area in case someone wants to fly it until it runs out of fuel. If feasible, maybe the option to force it down at a nearby airport. Not sure if this is practical, though. The rest could be done with a minor hardware addition, the button, and some software. Yes, the phrase "some software" can be incredibly complex, especially with systems that weren't designed to do that from the beginning. But it is conceivable and doesn't involve some really critical parts, unlike the force landing scenario.

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