Most airline passengers will never notice the numbers being entered into an aircraft’s transponder, nor will they hear discussions between pilots and air traffic controllers about radar identification ...

To understand the squawk code 7700, it helps to understand the purpose of a transponder. Every commercial aircraft, from the ...

While squawk codes are sent through an aircraft’s transponder, pilots can use a Mayday call to alert air traffic control about a serious emergency.

The flydubai flight incident has put the focus on aviation's little-known emergency codes 7500, 7600, and 7700. So, what do these four-digit codes mean, and what happens when a pilot transmits them? H ...

An Air India flight from Frankfurt to Delhi was diverted to Jaipur following a bomb threat on Wednesday, with the pilot triggering Squawk Code 7500 to signal unlawful interference ...

A Flydubai flight’s transmission of Squawk 7700 triggered an emergency response over Saudi Arabia. Here’s what the code means and why it caused concern.

Flight AI-2030, operated using a Boeing 787-9 aircraft, was taken to an isolation bay at Jaipur International Airport after landing. Security personnel began examining the aircraft ...

Smit Machchhar, the pilot in command of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 registered to flydubai, departed DXB, Dubai International Airport. The destination was Tel Aviv. The next three-four hours, though, were ...

A three- or four-digit number transmitted by an aircraft can instantly tell air-traffic controllers that something is wrong. That was seen on Wednesday when flydubai flight FZ1073, travelling from ...

An RAF emergency was declared close to London after a helicopter squawked 7700. The aircraft, a Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook (SHF482), triggered the emergency at 10.15pm on Wednesday, October 7. It ...

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, ...