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Four Accused of Trespassing at FAA Tower in Pennsylvania
State police say four young men who broke into a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic navigation tower in Snyder County on Sunday morning and shut down an aviation aid weren’t trying to disrupt air traffic. (m.dailyitem.com) Ещё...
"unlocked door"? Someone will be looking into that. But why does the transmitter shut down on unauthorized entry?
Seems like a rational feature to me, in case the unauthorized person tampered with the equipment. Better to not transmit at all than to transmit erroneous information.
Also helps to prevent damage to the equipment in case of tampering.
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