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buildsjets
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Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane af...
A good memory jogger for the emergency transponder codes is: Hi Jack, I can’t talk right now, I’ve got an emergency.
7500 -> Being Hijacked 7600 -> Radio/Comms Failure 7700 -> Emergency
mlyle
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I think 1202 is not intended to be a transponder code, but an approximation of 121.5.
buildsjets
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Could be. I just assumed squawk. (121.5 is the universal emergency VHF audio comm frequency.)
efitz
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Yes, I meant 121.5 but my memory is fuzzy after many years.
santix
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There's also "7-7: we're going to heaven; 7-5: somebody else wants to fly; 7-6: radio needs a fix".
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