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Emergency squawks right now: 7700, 7600 and 7500
Updated
1 aircraft squawking 7600 right now N6690J (P28A) squawking 7600, 34 km from Spring Hill, United States, 5,200 ft. Checked 20:19 UTC.
Planes declaring an emergency right now, worldwide: squawk 7700 (emergency), 7600 (radio failure) and 7500 (hijack), with a rolling 24-hour log.
- Squawking 7700 now
- 0 general emergency
- Squawking 7600 now
- 1 radio failure
- Squawking 7500 now
- 0 hijack code
- Emergency squawks logged
- 3 since 19:37 UTC
- Aircraft checked
- 13,979 ADS-B at 20:19 UTC
Emergency squawks right now
One aircraft is transmitting an emergency transponder code in the live ADS-B picture at 20:19 UTC. 1 on 7600 (radio failure).
Open a flight to see its route, altitude and speed, and whether it is diverting.
| Flight | Type | Code | Meaning | Altitude | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N6690J | P28A | 7600 | Radio failure | 5,200 ft | 34 km from Spring Hill, United States |
Emergency squawks logged so far
3 aircraft have squawked an emergency code since 19:37 UTC (42 min of logging): 1 on 7700, 1 on 7600, 1 on 7500. Each aircraft is listed once per code, with when it was first and last seen squawking.
| Flight | Type | Code | First seen | Last seen | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCN3ME | A320 | 7700 | 20:14 UTC | now | 35 km from Würzburg, Germany |
| N6690J | P28A | 7600 | 19:44 UTC | now | 45 km from Spring Hill, United States |
| NSZ4314 | B738 | 7500 | 20:01 UTC | 17 min ago | 22 km from Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
Squawk 7700: general emergency
Squawk 7700 means the crew has declared an emergency: an engine failure, fire, a medical emergency on board, a pressurisation problem or anything else that needs priority. Air traffic control clears the way and the aircraft usually diverts or returns to land. Many 7700 flights land normally a few minutes later.
Right now: no aircraft on 7700; 1 seen since 19:37 UTC (42 min of logging).
Squawk 7600: radio failure
Squawk 7600 means lost communications: the crew cannot talk to air traffic control. The aircraft follows its last clearance or a published procedure, and controllers keep other traffic clear. It is often a radio or headset fault rather than a danger to the flight.
Right now: 1 aircraft on 7600; 1 seen since 19:37 UTC (42 min of logging).
Squawk 7500: unlawful interference (hijack)
Squawk 7500 means unlawful interference, the code for a hijacking. It is extremely rare; almost every 7500 seen on public trackers is a crew mis-keying 7500 for another code and correcting it within seconds, which controllers confirm by radio.
Right now: no aircraft on 7500; 1 seen since 19:37 UTC (42 min of logging).
What is a squawk code?
A squawk is the four-digit code an aircraft's transponder sends so air traffic control can identify it. Controllers assign a code for each flight; three codes are reserved for emergencies and can be set by the crew at any time: 7700, 7600 and 7500. Mode S aircraft can also flag an emergency status directly, which GodsView counts the same way.
Other codes you may see: 1200 (VFR in North America), 7000 (VFR in Europe), 2000 (no code assigned yet) and 7777 (military interception). None of them is an emergency.
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Coverage and limits
This page checks every aircraft in GodsView's live ADS-B picture (13,979 right now). Aircraft over oceans and remote areas without receivers drop out, so an emergency there may not show until the aircraft is back in range.
A squawk is what the transponder sends, not a confirmed incident. Codes are sometimes set briefly by mistake, and many 7700 flights end with a routine landing.
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Data: ADS-B community feeders via adsb.lol (ODbL), News headlines: Google News, Simple Flying, AeroTime.