Map of near Houston, TX with the recorded track

Emergency, squawk 7700

Frontier A320neo squawks 7700 near Houston

FFT4978  near Houston, TX  Tuesday, November 3

  • AircraftA20N
  • Squawk7700
  • Altitude when it began4,000 ft
  • Started5:39 pm CT
  • Ended6:00 pm CT
  • Duration22 min

What happened

Frontier flight FFT4978, an Airbus A320neo, is transmitting the general emergency code 7700 near Houston at 4,300 ft and 282 knots. The code alerts controllers to give the flight priority. The nature of the problem has not been reported.

Summary from recorded positions and public data. May be inaccurate, not for operational use.

Timeline

  1. Squawk 7700 at 4300 ft
  2. Squawk cleared

Related

Positions: FAA SWIM and adsb.lol (ODbL). Private and general aviation aircraft are shown without callsign or registration. Event pages stay online for 90 days.

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