What is squawk 7700? US Air Force C-17 MOOSE31 declares in-flight emergency

A US Air Force C17 cargo plane, callsign MOOSE31, declared an in-flight emergency by squawking 7700 while flying between Abu Dhabi and Doha.
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Vistara Flight Declares Emergency With Squawk Code 7700: What The Code Means

Vistara Flight UK27, en route Frankfurt (FRA) from Mumbai (BOM) declared an emergency by pressing Squawk Code 7700 and was diverted to Erzurum Airport in Turkey for security reasons on Friday. The ...
Daily Express

Jet2 emergency: Red alert as passenger plane issues 7700 ‘Squawk’ code at 6,000ft

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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Chilling reason why you never want to be on an airplane that's 'squawking' code 7500

If you’re on a plane that's sending code 7500 back to air traffic control, something has gone seriously wrong and you're in a lot of trouble. Usually 'squawk codes' are used by air traffic control to ...
Flightglobal

Ukraine introduces new squawk-code relief concept

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, ...
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What Is Jet Squawking? (And How Does It Work?)

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, ...