USAFMXOfficer
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Need some help, I am in argument on another forum with a conspiracy theorist who is asking why the pilots did not have enough time to hit the "hijack distress button" in time. I believe that 757 or 767 at that time had normal transponders, which required the entry of the "7500" code to denote hijacking, not a "hijack button". He keeps pointing to the recent article about a SaudiAirline 777 where a pilot accidentally pressed "the hijack button" - either the article is in error and indeed all aircraft still have transponders, or, modern 777s have a separate hijack button.....can anyone assist?