Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pilot incapacitated

Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by buildsjets on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @10:39PM (#31348663)

A good memory jogger for the emergency transponder codes is: Hi Jack, I can’t talk right now, I’ve got an emergency.

7500 -> Being Hijacked 7600 -> Radio/Comms Failure 7700 -> Emergency

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by mlyle on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:11PM (#31348863)

I think 1202 is not intended to be a transponder code, but an approximation of 121.5.

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by buildsjets on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:30PM (#31348969)

Could be. I just assumed squawk. (121.5 is the universal emergency VHF audio comm frequency.)

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by efitz on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:23PM (#31357121)

Yes, I meant 121.5 but my memory is fuzzy after many years.

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by santix on Friday May 13, 2022 @03:24AM (#31364404)

There's also "7-7: we're going to heaven; 7-5: somebody else wants to fly; 7-6: radio needs a fix".

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