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I’m not sure having a remote control kill switch on an airplane is the kind of backdoor that improve security (if any backdoor can, which I’d doubt).



The current "kill switch" technology for rouge airplanes is an F-18 with a few Sidewinders.


Sounds a lot safer to me and sufficient as well.




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