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Old 28th Oct 2016, 03:38
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Mayday call last night

Anyone have any info on a mayday call last night? I was over central NSW and heard some of the relay, it seemed as though someone was in trouble over the Southern Bass Strait and a QF aircraft was acting as a relay.
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Old 28th Oct 2016, 06:17
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Yes we heard part of a call last night from someone who'd had an engine failure at 5500' heading to King Island. They gave lat & long position and there was a QF aircraft helping ATC with it. Didn't sound good but we landed before hearing anything else and I've heard absolutely nothing since. Very strange that there has been nothing reported. I woke up this morning expecting to hear the worst. Hopefully they sorted their problem before coming to grief, but based on the calls last night it sounded pretty dire
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Yep... was on the atis... crew advised to watch for lights on the tower in case of any suspicious transmissions... can't believe this kinda stuff is happening.

Also heard part of the relays RE the mayday call... first thing I thought was that it was a fake one like a few months ago... but sounds like not...
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I've also noticed a sharp increase in muppets deliberately winding people up on 121.5. I seriously worry if they're pilots.
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Passenger plane forced to abort landing after receiving hoax radio call at Melbourne

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has launched an investigation after someone made hoax calls to pilots, causing a passenger flight to abort landing as it approached Melbourne Airport.

The incident occurred shortly after 5:00pm on October 27, when Virgin Australia flight 740, en route from the Gold Coast to Melbourne, changed its altitude and course under the instruction of the unauthorised person transmitting from an unknown location.

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The passenger plane was about 80 metres from the runway when it pulled up
Police are yet to make any arrests in relation to the hoax calls
The ABC understands the person was able to communicate with planes and control towers
The incident occurred shortly after 5:00pm on October 27, when Virgin Australia flight 740, en route from the Gold Coast to Melbourne, changed its altitude and course under the instruction of the unauthorised person transmitting from an unknown location.

Passenger plane forced to abort landing after receiving hoax radio call at Melbourne Airport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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From ABC
thread that was all ready posted.

Hope he is caught soon.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-0...-plane/7995502

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According to the Australian Tax Office and their new voice identity system, there are about 2000 unique identifiers to the human voice, which is much more than can be found in an eye-scan, and the system still works through a telephone handset.

I think this muppet's days are well and truly numbered. Looking forward to the announcement that he's been nabbed.
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I've little doubt, if he is caught - seeing as most jails are currently at maximum accommodation levels - he'll avoid any jail term, be given a severe flogging with a wet lettuce, and made to write out, 100 times on the blackboard - "I promise not to play with radios, not to call out hoax Maydays, and not to imitate ATC's, ever again".
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<<There has been someone mucking around with a handheld at Melbourne for a while now>>

Happened quite a lot some years ago in the UK. I got caught out with a nasty incident when someone came on my frequency and dished out a few headings. One possible answer is for ATC to say "XXX I see you at/passing xx altitude, turn left...." which would prove the call came rom ATC.
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One possible answer is for ATC ........
Probably not advisable to discuss/reveal such countermeasures here, especially with the availability of FR24 etc.
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Everyone in the system needs to tread very carefully and quietly about this.

Every layperson with whom I've discussed this situation has been completely flabbergasted when I've explained the sources of tower and other ATC frequency information and equipment that can transmit on those frequencies. It's easy to envisage a fear-driven knee-jerk reaction that makes the system much more complicated for everyone.

Let's hope they catch and flog this muppet soon.
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Old 7th Nov 2016, 20:20
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Melbourne fake ATC affecting flights

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/33130708...-hacked/#page1
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Just wait until they start playing with the ADSB...

This is why in the US, the mandate is not for ADSB, but ADSB-2, which has some security built in.
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Old 7th Nov 2016, 22:02
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This has happened before. Unfortunately hand held VHF transceivers are quite easy to obtain in some countries. And there are always idiots around!
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One possible answer is for ATC to say "XXX I see you at/passing xx altitude, turn left...." which would prove the call came rom ATC.
Anybody can pretty much get that information in real time with various phone apps. (Flight radar etc)
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CPDLC only
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Old 8th Nov 2016, 05:14
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we have had CPDLC and ACARS messages that have been spam/faked.
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Old 8th Nov 2016, 08:32
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BBC picked this up too

Hoax broadcasts made to passenger planes in Melbourne
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37905981
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The words '4500' in the audio clip are a bit of a give-away.

Look for the hotted up Monaro parked next to the ice cream truck under 16 at YMML and you'll have your guy..

I shoulda been in the FBI..

I hope this muppet gets the book thrown at him.
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Originally Posted by Homesick-Angel
The words '4500' in the audio clip are a bit of a give-away.

Look for the hotted up Monaro parked next to the ice cream truck under 16 at YMML and you'll have your guy..

I shoulda been in the FBI..

I hope this muppet gets the book thrown at him.
Have you reported this suspected muppet to the AFP?
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