@USMC changed their banner to 'RED' earlier today, Signaling Defcon 2 or 1. It has since been changed back. // Source -> Comms for the Poor on Telegram. (take with a grain of salt, but it could be something)
Looks like the old Kelly Air Force Base (now Kelly Field, part of Lackland).
Maybe an exercise? Pilot training?
I'd like to believe it was training the SPs on a hijack / hostage rescue scenario, but more likely instructor pilot telling the trainee "if you're under duress, hit that button.."
3 mins squawking that is an eternity, when that happens by accident, alarms inside the tower go off and he controller radios in "did you mean that?", The answer the pilot gives determines what happens next.
It sometimes happens by accident as they scroll through channels, the transponders have 4 separate knobs for each digit, and your taught to not make a situation where you would scroll through the hijack code or any of the others., To leave it on that code for three mins sounds intentional, unless there is some lag and it was really only momentary
It is now squaking 357. So if it was trying to get our attention
Post 357 https://qposts.online/?q=357&s=postnum
Or post 89 because of its name https://qposts.online/?q=89&s=postnum
Or it could be nothing. Posting for autists much smarter than me to dive into
Is it related to: https://en-volve.com/2021/04/05/spirit-airlines-crewmember-tries-to-kick-family-off-plane-because-2-year-old-wouldnt-wear-mask-instead-the-crewmember-gets-kicked-off/
no
I gave you the wrong link. I meant the quote, not the link.
I see now, fren. Makes more sense.
Looks like the old Kelly Air Force Base (now Kelly Field, part of Lackland). Maybe an exercise? Pilot training?
I'd like to believe it was training the SPs on a hijack / hostage rescue scenario, but more likely instructor pilot telling the trainee "if you're under duress, hit that button.."
"This one?"
"No, don't press it now!"
Not showing on ADB-S. Landed?
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae0582
It's up over San Antonio Uhaul89
Still red?
No
8+9=17
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae0582
No, I think it changed its squawk. But it is the same plane. I wonder how long it was squawking 7500
It squawked for 3 minutes before showing N/A. Then it went through 6 different squawks until showing 0357
3 mins squawking that is an eternity, when that happens by accident, alarms inside the tower go off and he controller radios in "did you mean that?", The answer the pilot gives determines what happens next. It sometimes happens by accident as they scroll through channels, the transponders have 4 separate knobs for each digit, and your taught to not make a situation where you would scroll through the hijack code or any of the others., To leave it on that code for three mins sounds intentional, unless there is some lag and it was really only momentary
Time?
Red means hijacked presumably?
Red means Emergency Squawk 7500 Is "Aircraft has been hijacked"
Can that be squawked in error?
Yes. I was an IFF technicians back in the day. Not on planes but shipboard. It WAS the same decoder. In the end, all electronics can fail.
Is the cabal about to 9/11 2.0?