why should transponders be able to be turned off? what is the...

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    why should transponders be able to be turned off?

    what is the point of a transponder if it can be turned off in the cockpit?

    it is alleged the transponders of the 9/11 planes were turned off in the relevent radar gaps

    why?
 
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