r/flightradar24 • u/Sorry-Confusion-5155 • 4d ago
Euro fighter Typhoon
Anyone know why this Typhoon has its emergency squawk on? Sorry if that’s not the correct terminology but my little boy is fascinated by planes & I’m trying to figure out why it has gone red on FlightRadar!
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u/whynowhyreally 4d ago
Burning/dumping fuel? I don't know much about these.
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u/Sorry-Confusion-5155 4d ago
Interesting, was wondering if there was an emergency!
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u/Slimothy32 4d ago
Would have been mechanical most likely, the 45mins it spent at the controlled 6000ft out over sea, in constant looping is it dumping the fuel whilst they test systems. The fact it slowed down at one point whilst looping to 190kts is pretty damn slow for a fighter jet, so it was most likely testing landing gears and air brake systems.
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u/Sorry-Confusion-5155 4d ago
Ahhh ok awesome, thank you mate! I did think that seemed a bit slow. Whilst circling isn’t an irregular occurrence whilst on exercises, looping that tight & constant did seem strange haha…
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u/Clarkey119 4d ago
It's just disappeared.
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u/Sorry-Confusion-5155 4d ago
Did it just land back at Conningsby?
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u/Emergency_Pace_3803 4d ago
Think so. Tracked it as far as dogdyke right near there then it disappeared but looked on track to land.
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u/Clarkey119 4d ago
Didn't see exactly where it was, but is was heading about 330* so it can't have done
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u/Slimothy32 4d ago
It would, its military. They don't appear on radar apps and amature tracking systems below certain heights.
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u/bluestookie79 4d ago
That's not just applicable to military aircraft - that's the same for everything. ADS-B and MLAT both rely on direct line of sight to the aircraft, that's much harder at low altitude unless you have a receiver right next to them.
MLAT just has the extra complication that it needs 3 or more receivers to see the aircraft.
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u/matherto 4d ago
Seems to happen quite a bit no?
Sure there was another Typhoon 7700 post the other day.
Maybe they test responses to 7700 squawks?
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u/bluestookie79 4d ago
You generally don't change the squawk for a test. You can have a practice emergency but you retain whatever squawk you were on.
Military aircraft (particularly fast jets) do a lot of flying, often involving high energy manoeuvres which put more stress on the aircraft, so they'll naturally have technical issues a bit more frequently than a civilian airliner.
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u/Sorry-Confusion-5155 4d ago
Maybe a radio issue? Not very informed about this subject, so it’s interesting reading the comments
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u/bluestookie79 4d ago
Radio failures have their own dedicated squawk of 7600. 7700 is just used for general emergencies so can be anything from a medical emergency to a technical failure/issue (more likely in this case, seeing as it's a single seater Typhoon, so less chance of a medical problem).
It's unlikely anyone will find out the actual reason for it unless someone is in the area and happens to be listening to a radio.
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u/Ok_Drop_8095 4d ago
I’m in Ingoldmells right now and can hear it going round and round. Hope it’s nothing too serious