Timeline for In the US, will the tower likely think my aircraft has been hijacked if I taxi with the flaps down?
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Feb 12, 2021 at 17:06 | comment | added | ManfP | From reading the document, it seems like flaps were not used to communicate a hijacking at all, but rather as a signaling device to tell ATC whether armed intervention is requested after the general situation has already been established (note that retracting flaps after landing is also listed as a signal!). | |
Feb 8, 2021 at 18:13 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Cecelia Cichan might have something to say about making the flaps a last-minute checklist item... | |
Feb 8, 2021 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAviation/status/1358792726825828355 | ||
Feb 8, 2021 at 8:29 | history | became hot network question | |||
Feb 8, 2021 at 3:52 | answer | added | Peter Duniho | timeline score: 28 | |
Feb 7, 2021 at 22:29 | comment | added | Ralph J♦ | Note that the second link is to a document dated 40 years ago, and the first link says "was" rather than "is". Lots & lots has changed since 1980, and quite frankly the idea that you've landed at your filed destination & need to covertly communicate that you've been hijacked so you can be met by... somebody... who assembles as you taxi to your assigned parking spot... is a little dubious. | |
Feb 7, 2021 at 21:42 | history | edited | quiet flyer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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Feb 7, 2021 at 21:33 | history | asked | quiet flyer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |