Practice question
When an aircraft selects transponder Code 7500, indicating unlawful interference, what is the controller's appropriate response under current PANS-ATM procedures?
- Give the aircraft priority, monitor and plot its progress, continue transmitting information needed for safe flight, coordinate and notify the designated organizations, and avoid requesting transmissions unless communications remain normal.
- Broadcast on the public radio frequency that the aircraft has been hijacked by terrorists.
- Order all flight passengers to wrestle the hijackers immediately.
- Turn off the ATC radar display.
Answer: A — Give the aircraft priority, monitor and plot its progress, continue transmitting information needed for safe flight, coordinate and notify the designated organizations, and avoid requesting transmissions unless communications remain normal.
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