For starters, if there's a transponder setting that allows the tower to take control on final approach, why not make it usable by the tower?
@muzzarca in this case, tower reportedly instructed the pilot to activate the transponder setting to allow it, which means it was feasible
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@asteris right, in that case yes. I'm still shocked and not reading about the accident findings. I was speaking from the general tech info -
@muzzarca I was just following the prosecutor's presser earlier from French reporters for@reportedly, it's why I caught this -
@asteris I'm sure it's correct. Personally I would NEVER want to have ground command a plane for the said reasons. Just my 2c@reportedly
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