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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
In the stories out there the plane was hit by the first missile and the transponder at that point was destroyed.
A airliner travels at a quarter the speed of a cruise missile and the airline was gaining altitude, cruise missiles don't really do that they try to fly low under radar coverage.
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Actually a 737 at cruising speed is slightly faster than a tomahawk cruise missile. Probably not during ascent though.