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In August, a similar issue occurred when a Jet2 flight to Manchester made a priority landing at the northern airport after cabin crew declared an emergency squawk code 7700.
The aircraft sent a “squawk code” of 7700 at that time, an international emergency signal. “Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased,” the airline said.
7700: ICAO: Emergency. [3] [7] 7701–7707 US: Reserved for special use by FAA. [3] 7710–7776 US: External ARTCC subset (block of discrete codes). [3] 7776 Europe The Mode A code 7776 is assigned as a test code by the ORCAM Users Group, specifically for the testing of transponders. [18] 7777 US, Germany, UK, Belgium, Netherlands
A pilot may be requested to squawk a given code by an air traffic controller, via the radio, using a phrase such as "Cessna 123AB, squawk 0363". The pilot then selects the 0363 code on their transponder and the track on the air traffic controller's radar screen will become correctly associated with their identity. [6] [7]
The helicopter flew almost as planned at an altitude of 150 m (490 ft) until just before it disappeared, and there were no radio communications to notify emergency situations, no emergency transponder signals that are transmitted when a crew member evacuates (Squawk 7700) and no emergency radios B [12] were transmitted.
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On 1 June 2023, an Aeromexico Boeing 737-8JP declared a Squawk 7700, a regulation for emergency on an aircraft. While en route to Mexico City, the aircraft, registered XA-PPP diverted back to Merida International Airport. The aircraft suffered an engine loss and safely landed with no deaths to the people on board.
After hearing the recent news, i decided to open FR24 and check the recieved alerts, i noticed a flight called JJA8135, with the same registration of HL8088 that squawked 7700 and had to divert to Seoul on a flight to Beijing, like 2 days earlier. Just sharing some information. BM142 13:46, 29 December 2024 (UTC)