Most airline passengers will never notice the numbers being entered into an aircraft’s transponder, nor will they hear discussions between pilots and air traffic controllers about radar identification ...

A former airline captain reveals what the mysterious codes pilots use in an emergency actually mean - and why passengers are unlikely to hear them.

What do the numbers on an aircraft’s communications system mean, when does a pilot issue a Mayday call, and what is the difference between an emergency and an ...

‘Software defect’ was cause of travel chaos that grounded thousands of flights - ‘At no point was safety in question’ Nats chief Martin Rolfe says as he apologises for the software defect that disrupt ...

We tracked five squawk 7700 flights on the Simple Flying Flight Tracker in a week. They ranged from a cabin depressurization ...

A report from Nats found that the disruption stemmed from a manual request for a squawk code that was corrupted during processing.

Plane emergencies have been all over the headlines in recent months, and some flyers may be worried about issues. Though flying still is a very safe method of transportation, it never hurts to know ...

The crew on a British Airways flight was forced to issue a squawk 7700 code, the signal for an in-flight emergency ...

The Boeing 777 was en route from San Francisco to Rome when it issued an emergency squawk code and took a sharp turn north A United Airlines flight from San Fransisco to Rome sent out an international ...

Have you ever walked through an airport, seen the departures listings, and wondered how on earth air traffic controllers (ATCs) stay on top of everything? With 45,000 daily flights in the U.S. alone, ...