7500 Hijack called instaed of 7600
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7500 Hijack called instaed of 7600
JFK - JetBlue, pilots with no radios apparently sent a 7500 out instead of 7600 (no comms).
Swat team and lots of police around the plane. Passengers would be a tad worried...
https://thepointsguy.com/news/swat-s...ue-flight-jfk/
Opps, wrong speeling in title.
Swat team and lots of police around the plane. Passengers would be a tad worried...
https://thepointsguy.com/news/swat-s...ue-flight-jfk/
Opps, wrong speeling in title.
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FBI agents storm JetBlue plane at JFK after hijacking 'false alarm
By Karma Allen
Jun 27, 2018, 4:33 AM ET
Authorities at John F. Kennedy International in Queens, New York, activated the airport's hijacking protocols at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, just before takeoff, when the aircraft lost radio contact, and triggered a massive police response.Flight crew members re-established the connection about 15 minutes later and indicated that it was a false alarm, but the breach proceedings couldn't be recalled at that point, Port Authority officials said.
"Woah. My worst nightmare," one passenger wrote in a tweet. "I honestly thought we were going to die. I AM ALIVE THANK GOSH I MEDITATE." Another passenger described the incident at "traumatizing." The travelers were ordered to keep their hands up until authorities could deem the flight safe.
Some video in the link below:
https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/fbi-agents-storm-jetblue-plane-jfk-hijacking-false/story?id=56193097
One report said 'the pilot' wrote his cell phone number on a piece of paper and put it in the window for the SWAT team to call to sort things out. Someone thought it meant he was being held under duress. Company ops phone numbers are usually not published but can easily be found in the manuals, charts and flight papers even in this electronic tablet age in my experience. How can you go lost comm on the ground at JFK for any length of time?
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The AMU is an Achilles heel on the A320. When the digital side fails, you can lose all comms (VHF/HF/SATCOM). There are alternates for the analog side going TU, but not when the logic bits take a dump.
If the crew tried the 3rd position comms connections and still could not communicate, this is a likely cause of the snafu.
If the crew tried the 3rd position comms connections and still could not communicate, this is a likely cause of the snafu.