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Pilot activates hijack squawk code in transponder while teaching procedures
he company which owns Spain's Air Europa airline says the pilot that set off an accidental hijacking warning in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport was teaching procedures to a junior pilot at the time. Globalia said Thursday the pilot keyed in the code by mistake as the plane bound for Madrid was preparing for takeoff Wednesday. The alert triggered a big security operation at the airport. No one was injured. The company said in a statement Wednesday that the passengers informed by the crew that… (airlinerwatch.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I see a lot of 7600 & 7700 instances when a FlightRadar24 notification pops up.
Used to be the transponder was in stby so an inadvertent selection caused no issues. However, now that the unit has to be selected on all the time.......Ooooooops?
And why was the pilot teaching the junior pilot the key codes on an active flight already filled with passengers? The junior pilot should already know the procedures and how to key the code in. That's what training classes and simulators are for. At that point, the senior pilot should only have to remind the junior pilot what the code is. At least this provided a great test for the airport security team.
I am sure he has already been asked that question by more than 1 person.... Would be interesting to hear his answer!
Woops... good drill for all.
We had code phrases in US Army Aviation, they were secret, but some were silly...also "when you can't demonstrate...simulate" that's all he did!
I remember ground school, 'Only do this on the hour, and only for a few seconds. You do not want to leave it on 7500 for more than a minute, and definately check with ATC if you forget. Same with the ELT. Someone triggered their ELT, and they system found them, on the apron. Boy, were they surprised!'