Where I live, one regularly flies over on it's way from Hamburg to Chester (for the Airbus plant in Broughton) They're actually quite scary when you see them as they just look *wrong* being so big in the air haha!
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I'm also a closet Flight Radar fan! I often track planes if I see them flying overhead and any time I know a family member or friend is taking a flight I make sure I know enough details so I can track it. My brother tracks any flights I take too, so I don't feel too bad asking for his flight times when he's going somewhere!
Though one time I tracked a flight for four hours and then text my sister to say "welcome back I can see you just landed!" only for her to reply with: "I'm at home, we got back about three hours ago".
Though one time I tracked a flight for four hours and then text my sister to say "welcome back I can see you just landed!" only for her to reply with: "I'm at home, we got back about three hours ago".
I was watching the chaos at Manchester a few weeks ago. Even an A380 had to do a go around. I like watching BigJetsTV when it's windy. There was also someone covering Manchester that day.I've found my people!!!! I was on it the other night during the high winds, watching to see which planes were doing go arounds and where they were diverting to. My partner thinks it's an extremely weird interest
BigJetTV is quite a character! When I started following him, YouTube suddenly started to recommend more videos where people film from the side of a runway. Manchester is another popular one.
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When the Ukraine war started there was a something circling Kyiv with the call sign FCKPUTIN 🫢
I will say though, if you’re anxious, do not do flight radar when a war has broken out, you’ll see all sorts that will make you think nuclear war is coming
although saying that it was fascinating to see nato borders being patrolled by various aircraft! My dad works in aerospace so I can ask him questions to make me less nervous haha
I do wonder why some of the flights have like 1000+ people watching them. Feel like I'm missing out 
I want to know why.
Some are obvious when it's a 7700 squawk or something.
Or the flight when the Pandas returned to china for example at one point had like 2.5k people tracking that 1 flight!
I want to know why.Some are obvious when it's a 7700 squawk or something.
Or the flight when the Pandas returned to china for example at one point had like 2.5k people tracking that 1 flight!
The panda flight went over my house. I ran out to see itI do wonder why some of the flights have like 1000+ people watching them. Feel like I'm missing out
Some are obvious when it's a 7700 squawk or something.
Or the flight when the Pandas returned to china for example at one point had like 2.5k people tracking that 1 flight!
that was the closest I got to them the whole time they were in Scotland.When the Queen died and her body was being flown back from Scotland, there were over a million people tracking the flight at one point- including me, and I'm not a fan of the royals!I do wonder why some of the flights have like 1000+ people watching them. Feel like I'm missing out
Some are obvious when it's a 7700 squawk or something.
Or the flight when the Pandas returned to china for example at one point had like 2.5k people tracking that 1 flight!
I absolutely LOVE flight radar. Soon as I hear a plane I check the app and also love tracking family and friends flights. I honestly thought I was just weird . I think I started tracking it when the war in the Ukraine broke out xx
. I think I started tracking it when the war in the Ukraine broke out xxI've turned on the notifications for the emergency Squawks
Never realised there were so many though!
Never realised there were so many though!
An emergency squawk can be anything tho, from something really exciting like the Alaskan air incident, to a medical problem onboard. 99% of the time it’s a medicalI've turned on the notifications for the emergency Squawks
Never realised there were so many though!
Yeah, like one earlier was simply because they were waiting to land at Birmingham but other planes were held up as well, circling, for whatever reason.
So they squawked a 7700 because they didn't have enough fuel for the amount of time they'd need to wait so diverted to Manchester instead.
There's so many things it can be!
I've not used the app before but I'm sort of next to the flight path from London City Airport, on the other side of the river but close enough that you can see the names of the airline on the plane and when it's quiet in the morning, taking off as well
Everyones watching all the flights being diverted from Dublin and Belfast
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Easyjet and J2 declaring fuel emergencies
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That'll be a nope then....
This flight took off from Manchester for Belfast. Diverted to Dublin. Then finally landed at Liverpool!! 3 hours flying just to go from Manchester to Liverpool!
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I love flight radar and both me and my husband work at the same airline so its something I go on every day really. We are both so glad we aren't flying in this tonight!! Love this thread 
Glasgow flight diverted to Prestwick. I wonder if they get buses or if the plane takes off again later?
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Glasgow must be bad because this is another one that bailed and headed to Prestwick.
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Update. Didn't manage at Prestwick either.
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