Comment on When fighter jets are scrambled to intercept a plane for security reasons, what can they actually do?

neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Depends. It’s very situational, but the procedure first calls for monitoring and communications (longbstory short there are ways of communicating between aircraft using maneuvers.)

Beyond that, there will be attempt at guiding the offending aircraft, either to a runway, or to a safer area.

But if it comes to it, the passenger jet can be shot down - A Hijacked passenger liner should be considered a weapon of mass destruction.

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