Problem in article says one person could steal a 777. I would say it would take two. One to fly and one to take away phones.
That is the key to this-the phones and the pings on towers!
One to control the plane. Three to control the passengers. The three wear gas masks. Some knock out gas should do it because there’s no way to control them...unless you show them a fake bomb pasted to your chest.
Not too many towers in the Pacific