ELI5, why do problematic flights require a fighter jet escort?

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What could a fighter jet do if a plane goes rogue in a terrorism situation. Surely they can’t push the plane in a certain direction to prevent them causing harm the plane is too big and that’s a recipe for disaster all round. Shooting the plane down has its own complications especially if flying over populated area.

What could they actually do in a code red situation?

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It can tell people on the ground how fast the plane is going, what direction it’s going, whether it changes altitude or course. It can look at the windows to see what might be happening in the cockpit, or maybe some passengers are sending messages in the windows.

It can shoot down the plane over a safer area than the middle of a huge city, if worse comes to worse.

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