A Royal Air Force C-130J Hercules has declared an emergency over Scotland, it is currently unclear what the issue is.
#UPDATE – The aircraft has landed safely#
The Open Source Intelligence Twitter account SkyWatcher Intel is following this, if you don’t follow them then I’d suggest you go do that now.
https://twitter.com/skywatcherintel/status/1367492997026357251
https://twitter.com/skywatcherintel/status/1367496715490766862
More on this as it develops.
What is the significance of “Squawking 7700”?
Captain Hoke is a Boeing 757/767 captain for a package express airline and also runs the website AeroSavvy, he had this to say.
“Declaring an emergency means the crew determines they have an ‘urgency’ or ‘distress’ situation. “Urgency” means the crew is concerned about the safety of the flight and needs timely (but not necessarily immediate) assistance. A ‘distress’ condition means that the flight is in serious and/or imminent danger and requires immediate assistance”.
8000ft heading south just off the Isle of Whithorn
staying at 8000ft – pressurisation or oxygen issue perhaps?
Is it me or have we had several notices like this recent weeks?
There have been quite a few….. USAF and RAF, yes.
Looks like it’s now on the ground at Brize
Thats good to hear! On the deck and safe.
I think the whole fleet will be declaring an emergency very bloody soon with the Integrated defence review…sorry decimating cuts.
It landed at Glasgow and after a short time on the ground, then it left there and flew to dundee