Ukraine's air navigation service has become the first to introduce a new assignment system aimed at overcoming an increasing shortage of aircraft transponder squawk codes. The navigation service, ...

Have you ever walked through an airport, seen the departures listings, and wondered how on earth air traffic controllers (ATCs) stay on top of everything? With 45,000 daily flights in the U.S. alone, ...

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British Airways flight BA198, en route from Mumbai to London, declared a general emergency and diverted to Doha's Hamad International Airport. The Airbus A350-1000 issued a 7700 squawk code, signaling ...

European airspace authorities have moved closer to resolving a shortage of secondary surveillance codes, after the approval of new Single European Sky rules on aircraft identification. From next year, ...

A US fighter jet issued an emergency while flying over part of Wales. The alert code was transmitted on Monday afternoon as the F35 jet was making its way east across north Wales. According to ...

The warplane sent the signal today as it flew over Sutton on Sea. Its route shows it dropping to some 2,000 feet above sea level. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The 7700 squawk code is designed ...

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British Airways flight BA198, operated by an Airbus A350-1000 (registration G-XWBE), made an unscheduled landing at Hamad International Airport in Doha on 11th August after declaring a general ...