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, ...

The aircraft sent out a squawk code, which is used to provide effective communication between air traffic control and aircraft. 7700 is the most well known of these codes and it is used to indicate an ...

The plane, flight number LS718 from Palma de Mallorca to Edinburgh, is due to land at 1.30pm. It issued the Squawk code after departing from Mallorca at 11.15am. The 7700 code indicates a "general ...

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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, ...

A RAF military airbus has let out an emergency “squawk” signal while soaring over the UK on Thursday while at an altitude of 5,000 feet. The aircraft took off from RAF Brize Norton at 4.17pm on ...

A Mumbai-bound Air India flight reportedly sent an emergency signal to air traffic control (ATC), indicating that the aircraft was potentially hijacked. Air India flight AI 2957 departed from New ...