Posted on 06/03/2005 7:25:05 AM PDT by Petronski
Yes, all the information is readily available on the web with nothing more than a google search. This is far from classified. You're overreacting.
I don't know if there's others or not..
7007.....spy onboard?
Would that be one of 72 aircraft????
:-)
Speaking of Halifax, wasn't this the airport and area that showed all that hospitality to Americans on 9-11?
Listening to local ABC News Radio affiliate... JFK-bound Virgin Air jetliner sent out electronic hijack signal. Pilot now says it is false. Canadian air force jets are escorting the jetliner to New Brunswick, where it will land.
The most shocking part: Canada has an air force. In all seriousness though, let's hope this was just a mechanical error, as the news reporters seem to think it is.
"...wanted a couple of Molsons"
ROTFLAMO!
You think THAT'S funny, he could have said "Moosehead".
AND, I think Rolling on The Floor Laughing A$$ My Off (as you put it) is pretty funny, too.
Error is hijack signal. Fine things are. All your laughing a$$ are belong to us!
If you want to see a Canadian aircraft nut go crazy, ask them about the Avro Arrow. It was going to be the crown jewel of the Canadian aircraft industry, until it got axed. There are many up there who maintain that it was an eeeeeevil conspiracy by the US "military-industrial complex" that got it cut, because it was so much better than anything the US was building at the time--which isn't true, but it was a good plane, and a bit of a shame that it wasn't built.
So, as a result, the Canadian airplane industry became better known for building go-anywhere prop planes named after animals...Beavers, Otters, and Caribou. :)
}:-)4
I think so. It would be a likely candidate, too, being on the great circle flightline to England/France.
According to the site I was just at, 7700 is the code for those planes intercepting the hijacked plane
You're thinking about Gander, Newfoundland, where the locals basically showed up at the airport with offers of food and lodging. I'm sure Halifax saw some diversions as well, though. Maritimers are some of the kindest folks you'll ever meet anywhere. As they say, there are no strangers, only friends you've yet to meet.
Interesting.
The numbers 8 and 9 are not used for a transponder number because the system, which is quite old, is base 8. Only numbers from 0-7 are ever used.
We have real problems in the US because of the large number of flights in the air at one time and the limited number of discrete codes available (I believe there are only 4,096 available at a time).
MoodyBlu
Bon Voyage!
oh, and
Bon Cavity Search!
Thanks. Well, this just reminded me of the Canadians' hospitality. I'll try to remember that the next time I'm thinking uncharitable thoughts.
One day.
First I want to thank all the Pilots and Aviation experts who have provided data to help us all gain some understanding of what may be going on in the cockpit.
Unless highjacker were able to gain access through the reinforced cockpit doors, I suspect that this truly is a false alarm. I pray so.
Regardless - It does show that Homeland Security (at least the Air defense) is working just fine. If an airliner warns of a high-jacking it is very unlikely to come down on any strategic target. There is still much improvement needed at the airport security in the U.S. and abroad, but if a highjaker is successful and boards, it is highly unlikely he will be able to carry out his assigned mission if it involved another 9-11 type of attack.
I was told squawking 0000 was a military target code. Can't confirm though.
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