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Originally Posted by Anh_Minh
I don't see how using a manned plane would have made a difference there. They intercepted transmissions between the aircraft and its controllers - that means the protocol itself is faulty, but it has nothing to do with the piloting. If they'd used a manned plane and the same protocol, the result would have been the same. It's like, say, someone intercepting a call you make on your cell. It doesn't matter if you're in a manned or in an automatic subway train.
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A manned aircraft wouldn't have to send video feeds to it's controller. It's controller is already in the cockpit and seeing things in real time.