In-Air Emergencies

There has been a notable spike in emergencies during flights. This can be noted by records of aircraft signalling “Squawk 7700”, which refers to a general in-flight emergency.1) Additional anecdotal reports have also begun to emerge in media reporting.

Squawk 7700

This is an ongoing list of flights that may have signalled an in-flight emergency related to a sudden health concern. Inclusion on this list is for investigational purposes and does not imply causation or relation with adverse events from the COVID-19 vaccines unless further substantiated.

Flight No. Date Registration Operator Aircraft Origin Destination Details
No flight number January 26, 2022 N38CD Private Piper Malibu Meridian P46T Appleton International Airport (ATW / KATW) Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) Emergency detour after originally scheduled to land at St. Cloud Regional Airport (STC). Squawked 7700 at 8:40PM CST.2)
LA3094 January 26, 2022 PR-MYL (A319)
LH11733) January 26, 2022 D-AINE Lufthansa Airbus A320-271N General Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) Charles de Gaulle/Roissy (CDG) Squawked 7700 at 8:30AM CET View flight map
OXF22854) January 24, 2022 N4403N Oxford Aviation Academy Piper PA-28-181 Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV) Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV) View flight map
JKA905) January 22, 2022 N790L LeTourneau University Champion 7ECA Citabria Aurora Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR) Athens Municipal Airport (F44) View flight map
CNV77226) 7) January 22, 2022 163560 US Navy Air Logistics Office Beech UC-12F Huron Kadena Air Base (DNA / RODN) Naval Air Facility Atsugi (NJA / RJTA) View tracking log
WS6568) 9) 10) 11) December 27, 2021 C-FUSM WestJet Boeing 737-800 Calgary International Airport (YYC) Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) View video playback with air traffic control transcript
1)
Petchenik, I. (2015, October 8). Squawking 7700—In-flight Emergencies from a Pilot’s Perspective. Flightradar24 Blog. https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/squawking-7700-in-flight-emergencies-from-a-pilots-perspective/
2)
N38CD. AirNav RadarBox. Retrieved January 26, 2022, from https://archive.ph/qDoVS
3)
Playback of flight LH1173. Flightradar24. Retrieved January 26, 2022, from https://archive.ph/nLxIe
4)
OXF2285 Oxford Aviation Academy Flight Tracking and History. FlightAware. Retrieved January 24, 2022, from https://archive.ph/nS6vz
5)
JKA90 LeTourneau University Flight Tracking and History 22-Jan-2022 (KSLR-F44). FlightAware. Retrieved January 24, 2022, from https://archive.ph/XWHt0
6)
CNV7722. AirNav Radarbox; Airnav Systems LLC. Retrieved January 24, 2022, from https://archive.ph/6aVHa
7)
Flight Track Log ✈ CNV7722 22-Jan-2022 (DNA / RODN-NJA / RJTA). FlightAware. Retrieved January 24, 2022, from https://archive.ph/eOWQ4
8)
You can see ATC. (2022, January 3). Pilot incapacitation in flight | WestJet Boeing 737-800 | Winnipeg, ATC. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RseDwBaiz84
9)
Airportia (@airportiacom). (2021, December 31). WS656 - Incident: Westjet B738 near Winnipeg on Dec 27th 2021, first officer incapacitated [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/airportiacom/status/1476999412690059264
10)
Georgilidakis, S. (2022, January 1). INCIDENT: WestJet First Officer Incapacitated. Mentour Pilot. https://archive.ph/PDEU4
11)
XANDREWX. (2022, January 22). Canadian first officer collapses midflight. BitChute. https://www.bitchute.com/video/fHMj2kjDVB7N/
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