<< . 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.
Nita, sorry...I thought you were alluding to the possible remote takeover of the controls and flying the plane remotely.