Incident over central France?
Jun 4, 2019 | 2:42 pm
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Incident over central France?
Two planes a few miles apart over central France have both just squawked 7700 a few seconds apart. FR6656 EDI-PMI at 37,000ft and U22093 LTN-IBZ at 39,000ft. Just a coincidence or some sort of incident?
Jun 4, 2019 | 5:46 pm
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FB @7700emergency page says IBS37RT did the same just earlier, and descended from FL350 to FL210 in about 4 minutes, mid-flight. Heavy turbulence/lightning strikes is the common theory.
Both arrived within 20 minutes of schedule.
Both arrived within 20 minutes of schedule.
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Jun 6, 2019 | 12:17 pm
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The Ryanair one spawned news alerts on my phone. The initial news alerts included the phrases "mid-air emergency" and "the aircraft flew a loop prior to landing." I was horrified, wondering if the airframe and all of its passengers survived. But both phrases were later removed from the news articles - it was updated to say a minor medical emergency, likely concussion from the turbulence. The only thing that explain the "loop" bit was someone viewing the flight radar and making a horribly incorrect conclusion from a 2D map. 
I then ended up in a 30-minute rabbit hole about barrel-rolling 707's, because Internet.
I then ended up in a 30-minute rabbit hole about barrel-rolling 707's, because Internet.
Jun 6, 2019 | 2:37 pm
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I would assume a "loop" to be go-around or holding pattern. A barrel roll is physically possible - I'm not sure a true loop would be. At least a controlled one.