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**Hugh** · 24-05-2018, 13:59

However, most civil aircraft have a transponder which transmits the aircraft height, speed, altitude, registration and flightnumber on a radio frequency - IFF is just part of a targeting system.

As you say, how could they mistake a civilian airliner for a military target - probably didn't care.

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