Originally Posted by
effsharp
“The transmitter was accidentally put on the wrong frequency,” said American Airlines spokeswoman Andrea Huguely. “The regular frequency and the frequency for a hijacking are right next to one another, and the transponder was placed on the wrong frequency,”
This quote from the AA flack makes no sense.
I suspect that what really happened is somehow considered SSID and therefore the reporter, who does not have technical understanding, regurgitated what he was told, as well as he could.