Flightradar24 Thread

fr336

Ukraine Air Alliance over England

http://www.flightradar24.com/UKL4083/3e39443

h3000

Nice bit of Spirograph over Glasgow.

http://fr24.com/ASR272

fr336

http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/Fighter-jets-seen-Essex-skies-escort-private/story-21748166-detail/story.html

h3000

h3000 wrote: »

Nice bit of spiralgraph over Glasgow.

http://fr24.com/ASR27

Growler!!!

At it again.

ShanE90

Growler!!! wrote: »

At it again.

What are they up to at this hour?

Growler!!!

Growler!!! wrote: »

Relax lads, it's acting as a radio relay or "top cover" for an exercise. Interoperability and all that.
Not the first time operating in that area.

ShanE90 wrote: »

What are they up to at this hour?

See above:D

Zcott

Any idea what G-FLYW is at?

nomdeboardie

Looked up a plane I heard just now to see that it's going from Dublin to Tel Aviv - quite surprised considering that most international flights are reported to be cancelled to that destination at the moment

(Edit: Looking at aircraft in the Med, there's quite a bit of traffic heading there from other European locations)

ANXIOUS

REA37BH, declared an emergency over Hereford on the way to birmingham. Doesn't seem to be diverting.

ShanE90

REA37BH an Aer Arran ATR72 just squawked 7700

smurfjed

Fr336, do you have screen shots of N990EA last night? I understand that he lost communications and found himself getting escorted into EGSS.

ANXIOUS

ANXIOUS wrote: »

REA37BH, declared an emergency over Hereford on the way to birmingham. Doesn't seem to be diverting.

Down safely, no diversion.

windowspotter

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Down safely, no diversion.

Medical emergency according to Twitter

Irish Steve

have to admit that I find myself wondering if it's not time to have a specific transponder code for medical emergencies, in that while there is a need to give the aircraft priority from an ATC point of view, the arrival airport emergency services may not be required in the same way, unless it's a heavy with an overweight landing, and the off airport emergency services response needed will be completely different.

Growler!!!

No need for another conspicuous squawk. The 3 in use are sufficient for all eventualities. In this case ATC will have asked the a/c to squawk 7700 as it is transiting 3 ATC units until arriving in BHX.

The a/c will be in VHF contact and have passed on details of the problem. The emergency services will provide the necessary turn out as required.


A point to remember is that the conspicuous squawk codes can be used without radio comms.

Irish Steve

Growler!!! wrote: »

No need for another conspicuous squawk. The 3 in use are sufficient for all eventualities. In this case ATC will have asked the a/c to squawk 7700 as it is transiting 3 ATC units until arriving in BHX.

The a/c will be in VHF contact and have passed on details of the problem. The emergency services will provide the necessary turn out as required.


A point to remember is that the conspicuous squawk codes can be used without radio comms.

realised that, I guess that my thinking is that a medical emergency code would make it easier for other units that see the squawk, while the ideal is that the aircraft talks to ATC before changing the squawk, if for some reason they change the code before they speak to ATC, a medical code conveys very easily the specific issue.

Depending on the circumstances, an emergency squawk could have implications for a controller who is not at present in the loop, a medical emergency is very specific, but is unlikely to need the same response from other areas, and also lets all involved know that while the flight needs special processing, the crew are not having to deal with other difficulties that might be affecting their ability to communicate with ATC.

Growler!!!

What other units? When the 77 code goes out It shows up on nearly every radar screen in range. Those in the loop will be the handling ATC and the crew. ATC will be in contact with another ATC unit to pass on details for the next sector.

The crew will have informed ATC they have a medical emergency onboard and request priority landing. ATC will ask them to squawk the conspicuous code so they will be highlighted on radar. Then asked what type of medical emergency it is.

A medical emergency is too diverse to have its own individual code. It could be anything from somebody laid out on the galley floor getting chest compressions to a pax vomiting due to hitting the tiles too hard the night before getting the early flight.

Mightycraic

fr336 wrote: »

Hot air baloon at 2,000ft when BA was 4,000ft.

Hot Air Balloon was at 1,700' with the Class G ceiling of 2,500 feet. Hardly an Airprox.

Growler!!!

Mightycraic wrote: »

Hot Air Balloon was at 1,700' with the Class G ceiling of 2,500 feet. Hardly an Airprox.


I must look at my air law book again. I think power has to give way to sail like at sea:D

Mightycraic

fr336 wrote: »

I have no idea, they're always so calm I never know what could be a risky situation. Didn't sound much at all by any measure though, I guess they were keen to warn other flights more than anything.

Part of the problem is that hot air balloons are often reported as being near or inside controlled airspace as their sheer size is misunderstood. The balloon being discussed in this thread is 4-5 times larger than most 'sport' balloons and carries 17 persons. We frequently fly from a location near Moynalvey/Summerhill, particularly when there is an easterly sea-breeze and inbound traffic are using runway 10. Between that launch site and Trim the Class G ceiling is 2,500' and 3,500' thereafter. If runway 10 is in use, we would never exceed 2,000'. We generally do not carry our Mode S for flights in that location (although we do fly from Adare Manor inside EINN's class C with Mode S).

Mightycraic

Growler!!! wrote: »

Mightycraic wrote: »

Hot Air Balloon was at 1,700' with the Class G ceiling of 2,500 feet. Hardly an Airprox.


I must look at my air law book again. I think power has to give way to sail like at sea:D

Yes, balloons have the ultimate right-of-way. Not something we put to the test though.

(S.I.72 of 2004 Section 11 a,b,c refers)

davo2001

Flight AH5017 missing over Algeria.

fr336

davo2001 wrote: »

Flight AH5017 missing over Algeria.

What?

fr336

smurfjed wrote: »

Fr336, do you have screen shots of N990EA last night? I understand that he lost communications and found himself getting escorted into EGSS.

Only fr24 playback I've seen no pics of it being escorted in yet sorry

Red Nissan

fr336 wrote: »

What?

Contact lost 15 minutes into flight, gone from radar too.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/air-algerie-flight-ah5017-disappears-from-radar-over-north-africa-1.2716455

fr336

Red Nissan wrote: »

Contact lost 15 minutes into flight, gone from radar too.

What airline is that? Is this a regular thing in that neck of the woods?!

windowspotter

fr336 wrote: »

What airline is that? Is this a regular thing in that neck of the woods?!

There's a whole other thread on this

fr336

windowspotter wrote: »

There's a whole other thread on this

Only just spotted it

Oscar Bravo

A couple of challengers outbound from DUB currently passing over the north west coast are N739E and N742E