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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (104726)	9/14/2001 9:50:13 AM
From: arun gera	Respond to of 152472

>What I'm suggesting is a monitoring system that not only monitors location and key aircraft operating parameters but also issues a warning signal if the aircraft veers away from its previously filed flight plan> FAA has a long-term plan for doing much more than what you have suggested (it is called ATM/FAN, I think), but it is running a few years behind. Technology cannot protect everything. Sophisticated planners will go for the Weakest Link in the security process, just as hackers do. The objective of this terrorist incident was clearly to demonstrate to the World that the terrorist organization has the intelligence and sophistication to do what they did, and that they do not need high technology weapons to do it. Arun

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (104726)	9/14/2001 8:56:38 PM
From: xr1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

"Clearly, there must be some way that location monitoring, plus warnings concerning aircraft going off course, must be permanently on." I listened to an 'experts' response to this very question. He stated that an on-off switch was necessary in case the transponder malfunctioned, or if the circuit caught on fire. He also stated that there was a back-up transponder that had to be manually turned on but would only work if the first unit was turned off. Regards HIN