From: qut@netcom.com (Dave Harman)
To: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-04 14:51:24 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 22:51:24 +0800
From: qut@netcom.com (Dave Harman)
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 22:51:24 +0800
To: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Subject: Re: Duress
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> At 2:49 PM 3/3/96 -0500, Dr. Dimitri Vulis wrote:
>
> >As a side remark, every burglar alarm connected to a phone that I've ever seen
> >has this feature: a code that one can type under duress that will both turn
> >off the alarm and call for help. I wonder how many users will remember this
> >code when under duress.
>
> The air-transport system has had a Hijack transponder code for years. The
> pilot dials it into the air traffic system radar transponder when the plane
> is hijacked. However there is a problem.
>
> One of the private pilot magazines reported that a small plane operator
> used the code (because his airplane was, in fact, being hijacked). When he
> landed the airplane, it was surrounded by LEA, and in the ensuing gun
> battle, everyone on the airplane died. The went on to say that the safety
> of the passengers and airplane are the pilot's primary responsibility and
> that pilots should consider this incident when deciding to use the code.
Sorry, but what's LEA stand for?
> Duress codes need to be designed to minimized the chance of such responses
> when they are used.
>
> Regards - Bill
>
>
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