Let’s say for the moment, the plane was hijacked (could be).
How long of a runway would be needed to land a plane of that size? Could it “sight land” like a small plane or would there need to be air craft controllers and operational electronics in the plane? It is a pretty big plane.
The only thing I know about flying, is I get on the plane and the flight attendant brings me a drink.
According to this guy who was interviewed last night on Greta’s show(I think he worked for NTSB) he said that a 777 can easily land at an airstrip that is 3500 feet..he said that can be done easily..the problem is if they want to take off again, that would be a BIG problem, why..because you need a lot of fuel to take off and since this is such a small airspace by the time the plane takes off half the fuel supply would have been used, they would have to stop somewhere bigger and try taking off again
With some gps coordinates and skill you can program the flight computer to auto land on the strip.
In theory it could have been hijacked/hacked electronically and flown fully automatically to its destination. With all communications/inputs on the plane disabled and everyone going for the ride.
Landing is only half the picture, roughly 8000 ft. to take off, without a full fuel/people/cargo load.
General McInerney said on Megan’s show 7,500 feet minimum.