Aircraft missing from Flight Radar

foxcoverteddy

tracking JTG 791 0n flight radar from Oslo to teneriffe, Boeing 737, came over Ireland then did a strange turn for a few hundred miles and then turned again for original track and then disappeared from screen, unable to trace where it is at the moment, anyone wat5ching or have idea, thanks

Foggy43

These websites are not 100% accurate. You can have for example a United B757 on approach to Dublin but thefight info may tell you it is flying JFK to Las Vegas. Below certain altidudes some sites work on prediction of where the aircraft should be. Had it at Heathrow where Flightradar had a flight taxi-ing to stand where in actual fact the flght was over Windsor on approac to runway 09L. You will get used to it.

EchoIndia

Also, flights appear on FR24 only as long as they are within line-of-sight range for their Mode S to be received by someone who is feeding into the site. That's why after a certain distance from land they are liable to "drop off" the screen.

radar0976

foxcoverteddy wrote: »

tracking JTG 791 0n flight radar from Oslo to teneriffe, Boeing 737, came over Ireland then did a strange turn for a few hundred miles and then turned again for original track and then disappeared from screen, unable to trace where it is at the moment, anyone wat5ching or have idea, thanks

First off your title is misleading. The aircraft did not go "missing"!

The amount of sensationalist posts on this forum related to things that people see (or think they see) on sites such as fr24 is becoming a bit ridiculous. Do others agree ?

"did a strange turn" - Probably for weather, or just turning as aircraft tend to do sometimes!

"disappeared" - Went out of range of amateur receiver!

foxcoverteddy

personally I think you are rather ignorant by your comments, you are attempting to troll by asking for opinions, do it again and I shall complain to the moderator, suggest you read the post more carefully next time, though with people like you why would one bother

radar0976

foxcoverteddy wrote: »

personally I think you are rather ignorant by your comments, you are attempting to troll by asking for opinions, do it again and I shall complain to the moderator, suggest you read the post more carefully next time, though with people like you why would one bother

I am not attempting to troll. You posted something with a sensationalist title, which to most people reading it would suggest that the aircraft was in some sort of trouble. Not a big deal but better to stick to facts rather than hearsay.

Cessna_Pilot

The Daily Mail called. They want their journalist back

pclancy

OK thread title updated, no harm done, nothing to see here, move along