New Flight Radar thread - it's windy tonight

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A new thread for FR

A quick google comes up with this;

“Squawk 7700 is an emergency code that indicates a serious issue onboard the aircraft. It can be input by pilots or instructed by ATC, and it alerts controllers and ground crew to prepare for the arrival of the aircraft.”

@jmx3 that’s the one I’m watching. I thought it was down! DH supposed to be flying tomorrow lunchtime from Edinburgh. It’s howling here, feel like my roof is about to detach!

Just googled it and signals an emergency of some kind. Gosh those poor people, hopefully they can land safely at an airport nearby

Flight Radar alert 🙈

I think the Geneva-Gatwick flight is heading back to Geneva.

Oh gosh

If you go onto alerts on the flight radar app
you can turn on an alert for squarks

and that's gone red too so must have squawked?

A few have squawked tonight, I think it's generally meaning they need priority landing because they've gone round a lot and presumably getting lower on fuel.

Could the emergency just be the fact they’ve already had two attempts and they’d like priority at the next airport so as to avoid the risk of becoming low on fuel? Or is it worse than that?

Looks like it. Finally descending and heading for the airport.

2 DHL, a UPS and a Ryanair flights to EMA all circling over Notts and Leicestershire , not sure if any are going to try and land. Wind still very strong up here !

But it might just be a procedural thing to ensure priority

Thinking that now

It’s interesting though as the Sharm-Glasgow hasn’t really had lots of holding or going around compared to many.

they were straight in and out at Glasgow and prestwick with one attempt at each

Ah maybe? Maybe the passengers are getting all worked up?

Thanks. So it has. I can see that now when I look at a different plane.

3 of my siblings are flying to Heathrow from South Africa at the moment..........due to land around 6.30am.

Getting worried but perhaps the worst of the winds will have cleared by then 🙏

Looks like Luton - Edi has given up and is heading south, maybe Newcastle?

London to Cork has frozen on my app. Stuck at 1000 feet. Had it landed?

Looks like it’s heading to Manchester? Maybe Leeds?!

Air traffic controllers must be breaking a sweat this evening

whats happened!! It’s stuck in this position. I’m new here

I’m watching that one too, heading for Newcastle I think.

That would be my idea of hell- Endless circling and being buffeted about, to the accompanying sounds and smells of vomiting passengers.

My friend's husband is meant to be flying home tonight- {Gatwick?}
It's a wild night out there.