Momentary lapse of coverage is one thing. For them to take over and land somewhere I doubt there would be lack of radar all the way until they landed. I also didn’t think a pilot could turn off transponders. Doesn’t seem like a good idea to me to allow that.
Gap, a momentary lapse would be corrected by the next sweep of the beam. Gap means no coverage at all, no radar beam from any ground based tracking site reaches the area in sufficient strength and coherency to reflect back.
For them to take over and land somewhere I doubt there would be lack of radar all the way until they landed.
Why would you doubt that, this is the 3rd world, not like switching Centers enroute in the US.
I also didn’t think a pilot could turn off transponders. Doesn’t seem like a good idea to me to allow that.
Never been a pilot, or ever worked around anything that runs off electricity? Allow? The transponder is a transceiver it receives and transmits info electronically. It runs on electricity. You would have an electrical device that is always on in an aircraft? What happens when it fails? How would you cut the power to it, or is it OK to just let it burst into flames for the sake of flight following?
An electrical fire inflight is a serious matter, Damn hard to put out and can restart at anytime if the power supply remains connected. This fire will be in the cockpit right next to the legs of one of the pilots. Do you think driving and talking on a cell phone is bad and causes distractions? Consider the effect on piloting skills with flames and electric arcs next to your leg. Sure to degrade your airmanship.