Squawk 3773 / AAL109
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Squawk 3773 / AAL109
Could anyone explain the 3773 squawk being used by AAL109 currently dumping fuel near Land's End? I thought this code was Gatwick Approach?
BTW: It's now decended from FL130 to FL100 and has left the hold heading South-West. That';s a very odd thing to do in the circumstances isn't it?
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BTW: It's now decended from FL130 to FL100 and has left the hold heading South-West. That';s a very odd thing to do in the circumstances isn't it?
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But you don't know what the circumstances are. Maybe he needs to dump more fuel and is taking a longer routeing. I'm sure that everyone involved knows what they are doing...
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American Airlines web site suggests that all is well. It took off from Heathrow at 4.59pm and is on schedule at destination..
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What is "odd" with the squawk?
No matter as they landed safely which is all that matters.
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Has anyone else noticed that Georgia145 only ever uses parts of other peoples posts? For example, HD has already said:
And all his/her previous posts in other areas of the forum are copies of previous posts.
American Airlines web site suggests that all is well.
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Do Western Radar work? Is AlanM a real person?
Questions from the unanswerable pile...................
Questions from the unanswerable pile...................
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"Standard" you cheeky monkey! Yes Western Radar do work.
3773 is one of ours. We provide ATSOCAS from FL70 to FL195 [FL245 in an active TRA].....excluding controlled airspace as the ATSOCAS description suggests. Difficult to describe our area in a short sentence....but basically Anglesey to REXAM to Brize to Bournemouth to Jersey Zone boundary west of ORTAC then along UK FIR boundary to south of LND then across to Shannon boundary then up the boundary towards LIFFY [but not quite up to LIFFY] to Anglesey. We accommodate airtests as well as a selection of "regulars" for whom no controlled airspace option exists....such as Gloucester, Newquay or some Exeter routes.
Service provider is NATS [civilian staff].
***airsmiles: if there is no urgency why not dump over the sea.....and if you can't dump, use a lower level to burn it off a little quicker......and if possible you give the aircraft a massive block of airspace with no other traffic.
3773 is one of ours. We provide ATSOCAS from FL70 to FL195 [FL245 in an active TRA].....excluding controlled airspace as the ATSOCAS description suggests. Difficult to describe our area in a short sentence....but basically Anglesey to REXAM to Brize to Bournemouth to Jersey Zone boundary west of ORTAC then along UK FIR boundary to south of LND then across to Shannon boundary then up the boundary towards LIFFY [but not quite up to LIFFY] to Anglesey. We accommodate airtests as well as a selection of "regulars" for whom no controlled airspace option exists....such as Gloucester, Newquay or some Exeter routes.
Service provider is NATS [civilian staff].
***airsmiles: if there is no urgency why not dump over the sea.....and if you can't dump, use a lower level to burn it off a little quicker......and if possible you give the aircraft a massive block of airspace with no other traffic.
