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Pilot mistakenly called in hijacking, plane forced back to JFK terminal
A JetBlue pilot accidentally reported that his plane was being hijacked at JFK, triggering a massive response of cops and firefighters who surrounded the craft on the tarmac, officials said. (www.google.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Le's see 7600 - 7700 oh - wait a minute - I'll call on the radio - nope that doesn't work - oh well - close enough
Looking around Airbus cockpit in my head, I see 3 VHF comms wired to 2 antennaes,acars to dispatch, 2 HF's, dispatch phone number on the release and 6 crewmembers cell phones,and a cabin full of pax who each have a phone. No way to communicate except xponder? You can order pizza and deliver it to the cockpit with that amount of communication devices.
But if you’re in the air the delivery charge might be a little on the high side.
Isn't it standard practice to turn the transponder to SBY when changing the numbers so you don't accidentally squawk an emergency number, or even another aircraft's code?
We were always taught to turn the xpndr to Standby when changing the number, then back to ALT once it's set.
We were always taught to turn the xpndr to Standby when changing the number, then back to ALT once it's set.
In modern airplanes, you just type in the code on a keypad.
Related, with all the digital controlled transponders now, do they still teach student pilots not to ‘scroll’ through 7500, 7600 and 7700 when setting the transponder?