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New ReceiversNew Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in November 2019
Each month we send out complete ADS-B receiver kits that include an ADS-B receiver, antennas, and all necessary cabling to qualified hosts. You can apply to host one of our receivers or easily build your own. The dozens of new Flightradar24-supplied receiver kits and the hundreds of home-built receivers activated in November combined with over 20,000 existing ADS-B receivers, helped … Read More
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Aviation BusinessAtlasGlobal ‘temporarily suspends’ operations
Turkish airline AtlasGlobal announced that it is temporarily suspending operations from 26 November to 21 December. The airline posted a message on their website saying it had entered ‘a new phase of restructuring in order to provide you a unique flight experience’. AtlasGlobal operates a fleet of 18 Airbus, including A320, A321, and A330 aircraft. Read More
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Just for FunWatch WORLD WAY: The City of LAX
WORLD WAY: The City of LAX is a four-minute love letter to airport operations. Captured over three years, WORLD WAY takes the viewer through every aspect of the airport from passenger drop-offs to departing aircraft. Climb inside cargo bays and atop jet bridges to see the movement and rhythm of the airport in a new … Read More
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Special Aircraft TrackingBei Bei says bye bye to Washington
Bei Bei says bye bye to Washington today as he flies aboard FedEx’s panda express 777 to Chengdu. The four-year-old giant panda is being flown to China to help increase the global giant panda population. Both he and his sister Bao Bao were born at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC. She was flown … Read More
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New ReceiversNew Flightradar24 ADS-B Receivers Activated in October 2019
Each month we send out complete ADS-B receiver kits that include an ADS-B receiver, antennas, and all necessary cabling to qualified hosts. You can apply to host one of our receivers or easily build your own. The dozens of new Flightradar24-supplied receiver kits and the hundreds of home-built receivers activated in October combined with over 20,000 existing ADS-B receivers, helped … Read More
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Special Aircraft TrackingEl Al says goodbye to its 747 fleet with a sky art tribute
El Al said goodbye to its 747 fleet today with a sky art tribute to the Queen of the Skies. El Al’s final 747 flight drew a 747 in sky above the Mediterranean Sea on its way from Rome to Tel Aviv. El Al first put the 747 into service in 1971. Read More
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Aircraft IncidentIndonesian investigators release final Lion Air 610 crash report
Indonesian investigators released their final Lion Air flight 610 crash report this morning, finding that Boeing’s design of the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), the FAA’s certification of the system, the airline’s maintenance of the aircraft, and the pilots’ actions during the flight all contributed to the crash. Read More
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Special EventAir New Zealand to launch Auckland-New York flights next year
Air New Zealand will launch Auckland-New York (EWR) flights next October with the 787-9. The flight will become the 5th longest flight in the world. Read More
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With the global grounding of the 737 MAX fleet, airlines have been moving aircraft into storage. We’ve compiled a table of grounded 737 MAX aircraft and where airlines have stored them. Read MoreIan Petchenik
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Featured ArticleFlightradar24 data regarding the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302
Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a 737 MAX 8 (registration ET-AVJ) operating from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, crashed shortly after takeoff on 10 March around 05:45 UTC. Read More
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Featured ArticleFlightradar24 Data Regarding Lion Air Flight JT610
Lion Air flight JT610 departed Jakarta for Pangkal Pinang at 06:20 local time (23:20 UTC) on 29 October and lost contact shortly after departure. Flightradar24 received the last ADS-B message from the aircraft at 23:31:56 UTC at an altitude of 425 feet AMSL. The flight was operated by Boeing 737 MAX 8 registration PK-LQP. The … Read More
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Aviation Explainer SeriesSquawking 7700—In-flight Emergencies from a Pilot’s Perspective
We track hundreds of thousands of flights every day and invariably a few will declare an emergency and possibly “squawk 7700” during the day. This common occurrence often leads to numerous questions about what the flight is doing and why. We field many inquiries each time a flight declares an emergency, so we spoke with … Read More
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