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hoss183
15th May 2020, 15:40
Any ideas why?
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/563x466/2020_05_15_17_40_08_window_6dd078190e29d9ce70d4e32469cff7a94 b456da3.png

SpringHeeledJack
16th May 2020, 11:03
Perhaps all 3 were carrying medical supplies and were using this to get an expedited landing and off-loading ?

hoss183
16th May 2020, 11:12
Surely thats not standard practice? They could have just declared that to ATC.

SpringHeeledJack
16th May 2020, 13:18
Nothing is standard practice these last few months, so who know! The statistical chance of 3 aircraft declaring an emergency at the same time, in the same airspace is pretty long. Where did the flights originate/arrive ?

hoss183
16th May 2020, 13:38
1681 from Naberezhnye Chelny (NBC) (https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/nbc)
1311 from Mineralnye Vody (MRV) (https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/mrv)
1186 from Volgograd (VOG) (https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/vog)

The thing is there's so little in the air at the moment, why go to the bother of squawking 7700 just to land a few minutes earlier?
And 3 at the ame time isn;t going to guarantee any priority, just give the ATC a headache.
Still seems bizzare to me.

Meester proach
1st Jun 2020, 22:56
Perhaps all 3 were carrying medical supplies and were using this to get an expedited landing and off-loading ?
NO ! It’s not for that ! Not allowed . Full stop.

I’lol give you an actual pilots view..... I’d suggest it could well have been fuel emergencies , if Moscow was very busy or they all came from the same direction with , say, unforecast headwinds that hammered the reserves