“You answered a definitive “no” also, so I would love to have feedback from you on my previous post.”
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You need to understand that the link you provided in Post 55 refers to PROPOSED future changes by Boeing. The 777-200ERs have been in service since 1997. I’m not sure when the specific plane used in the missing MH 370 was delivered, but it was sometime in the past, and not in the future.
“Hijacking” of a poorly programmed and designed DRONE (which is DESIGNED to be piloted remotely only) is one thing; “hijacking” of a commercial airplane designed to be flown by on-board pilots is an entirely different matter. There are NO current in-service commercial aircraft (as far as I know) designed to be flown remotely and none of these aircraft include necessary design features to allow that.
I misstated it in post 55 when I said “...because Boeing was approved for a unique computer network setup that made this plane vulnerable to computer security issues.”
After reading that 2nd link I posted, I understand it to mean that Boeing was approved for an add-on device/system because their computer network setup they are currently using made this plane vulnerable to hacking. IOW, they needed to install something to ensure separation between their onboard entertainment hardware/software system and their navigational system. The FAA approved it a few months ago, but it’s possible that this was not installed in their planes yet. That was my interpretation on a 2nd and 3rd read, anyway.
<< . There are NO current in-service commercial aircraft (as far as I know) designed to be flown remotely and none of these aircraft include necessary design features to allow that.>>
What I’m thinking regarding a hack involves something as simple as one of the Iranians pulling out his laptop, hacking into the planes system (via Iranian satellite, if need be), and creating a false signal that would cause one of the pilots to open the cabin door to investigate. Something much simpler than actually flying the plane remotely. (Although if the autopilot can be tampered with in this way, it would explain the “pre-programmed turn” the news is now reporting.)
Anyway, if they created a false flag situation via hacking that got the door open, then you would have to presume that one of the two Iranians could fly the plane, or that they were confident that one of the pilots would cooperate.