Do commercial planes have missile detection?
In brief, commercial aircraft don’t have any reasonable means to detect an incoming missile, which is likely to be travelling at supersonic speeds. Equipping commercial aircraft with anti-missile measures is technically difficult, very expensive, and ultimately of dubious value.
Can you shoot down a hijacked plane?
The hijacked plane will be shot down if it is deemed to become a missile heading for strategic targets. The hijacked plane will be escorted by armed fighter aircraft and will be forced to land. A hijacked grounded plane will not be allowed to take off under any circumstance.
Do commercial airplanes have flares?
Originally Answered: Do commercial aircrafts have fire decoys/flares in case of emergencies? No they don’t. Decoy flares are there to miss guide a trailing missile. Flight path of a commercial aircrafts are planed is such a way that they do not cross any conflict zone.
Did the Russians shoot down an airliner?
Soviet jet fighters intercept a Korean Airlines passenger flight in Russian airspace and shoot the plane down, killing 269 passengers and crew-members. The incident dramatically increased tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. The Soviets sent two fighters to intercept the plane.
How do fighter jets intercept plane?
To make initial contact, the intercepting aircraft will rock its wings and flash its navigation lights at irregular intervals. This means “you have been intercepted, follow me”. To respond, the pilots of the intercepted aircraft must also rock their wings, flash their lights and then proceed to follow the military jet.
Can a commercial aircraft detect a missile?
In brief, commercial aircraft don’t have any reasonable means to detect an incoming missile, which is likely to be travelling at supersonic speeds. Even if they could detect it, commercial aircraft are already flying near their limits with respect to altitude, max-speed and min-speed. So there is very little they could do to evade a missile.
Why are missiles fired ahead of planes on landing?
As a plane goes lower on landing – mobile complex could be used – no reason to spend expensive high range missile) Chance to spot a missile is also better in air-craft with low windows in pilot cabin. Missiles are generally fired ahead to prevent flight from increasing range by flying away.
Can a private jet pilot spot a missile flying below?
Pilots don’t have an especially good view of the ground immediately below and would have a very hard time spotting a missile travelling at those speeds. Civilian airliners are equipped with a collision avoidance system called TCAS. However this relies on radio signals from transponders which are fitted to other aircraft.
How high can a missile reach?
That means the missile is capable of reaching the height of common jet airways (30-35,000 feet) within ten seconds. Although the missile leaves a visible exhaust trail, as others have mentioned, the pilot’s field of view is mostly restricted to a cone in front of the aircraft.