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NYC-bound Virgin Air Flight 45 squawking Hijack code; being diverted to New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted on 06/03/2005 7:25:05 AM PDT by Petronski
The pilot says the hijack code is an error and the plane is secure, but naturally the authorities are not trusting him.
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To: mewzilla
"Look, look out the window, dear, there's a nice man out there in a jet fighter. But why is he wearing a toque over his helmet?"
"Hmm, must be Canadian."
}:-)4
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:44:17 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(Richmond, Virginia--commemorating 140 years of Yankee occupation.)
To: kcvl
Thanks for the explanation. Beware of explanations.
I haven't flown for a number of years now, and maybe things have changed, but when I flew transponders didn't have "squawk buttons." You just dialed in the code (four separate digit wheels) assigned by ATC. It's pretty hard to "accidentaly" dial in the hijack code unless one really intended to dial in the emergency code (7700, I think. And 7600 is used for something too.) instead.
ML/NJ
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:44:26 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: mewzilla
Why would people be relieved to see a fighter escort. Don't they know what the purpose of the fighter is? TO SHOOT THEM DOWN!
To: cyborg
It was JFK bound, is all.
Happy dental hygeine!
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:44:36 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(How do you solve a problem like Petronski?)
To: piperpilot
Thanks, doesn't sound so much like a big boo-boo then as much as a false alarm? Hopefully.
To: Trueblackman
yeah , having lunch with Howard Cosell
To: LIConFem
Yes, pilots know this. Does everyone reading the web?
To: mystery-ak
Someone upthread suggested a malfunction in the squawk box. Leaving it on may allow the pilot to get through this without a reprimand.
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:45:20 AM PDT
by
Quilla
To: r9etb
Well SOME people are strange...LOL!
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:45:32 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
7700 is standard ICAO hijack code. Both civilain and military use 7500,7600, and 7700. It's not secret.
If you sqawk 7700 and it's not a hijack, well, good luck to you
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:45:42 AM PDT
by
Duke809
To: Trust but Verify
The term "Heavy" refers to transport category aircraft over a certain weight threshold. Aircraft in this category include (among others) the 767,777,747,C5, C17 and the A340.
ATC will include in an aircraft's ID the additional description of "Heavy", when communicating with the aircraft, to alert other aircraft. "Heavies" have additional separation requirements from other aircraft because of a larger wake turbulence "foot print".
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:45:56 AM PDT
by
Truth'sfriend
(Alan Greenspan = Chauncey Gardener)
To: Moose4
I wasn't aware Canada had fighter jets. That flew anyway.
To: mystery-ak
'Hijacker could be kneeling behind the pilot so he wouldn't be visible to the jets....why doesn't the pilot turn off the squawk box if everything is ok?'
GOOD question!
To: Dad yer funny
Someone needs to get the jack ready, Dean was returning to American with the Downing Street Memos.
114
posted on
06/03/2005 7:46:29 AM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
To: mewzilla
>>Is there a 7499 or a 7501 that he could've meant to dial instead?
Yes, if he was tapping it out in Hand Jive.
To: mewzilla
I wasn't aware Canada had fighter jets.Spits and Mosquitoes, RAF surplus.
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:46:44 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(How do you solve a problem like Petronski?)
To: cyborg
You are awesome, and you cook.
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:46:54 AM PDT
by
SeeRushToldU_So
(If you jog in a jogging suit, lounge in lounging pajamas,WHY would anyone want to wear a windbreaker)
To: Trust but Verify
"
What does the 'heavy' designation mean? I've heard this term before and have wondered what it meant."
It means the crew is overweight and is a jargon request to have plenty of grub available when the plane lands.
Just joking.....as others have already noted - it's a big aircraft.
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:47:02 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: areafiftyone
I saw the blonde and blonde on MSNBC talking about a bomb threat on a flight one of them was on some time ago. Commercial now. Great graphic too, showing the flight path from London to NY via the Azores. It looked more like a smile than a great circle.
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posted on
06/03/2005 7:47:22 AM PDT
by
relee
To: PilloryHillary
Pilot says he tried to get hijack code to turn off and it won't due to a malfunction...this according to Rush's girlfriend on CNN.
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