Emergency Situations

Emergency Situations #

Transponder Codes #

  • 7500: “75, taken alive” - Hijack
  • 7600: “76, radio sick” - Communications problem
  • 7700: “77, going to heaven” - Emergency

Light signals #

TO AIR #

  • Solid Green: Cleared to land
  • Flashing Green: Return for landing, then will be given solid green.
  • Solid Red: Give way to other aircraft / continue circling
  • Flashing Red: Airport unsafe, do not land
  • Pyrotechnical light (flare): Do not land for time being

TO GROUND #

  • Solid green: Cleared for takeoff
  • Flashing green: Cleared for taxi
  • Solid red: Stop
  • Flashing red: Taxi clear of landing area in use
  • Flashing white: Return to starting point on airport
  • Blinking runway lights: Advices vehicles / pedestrians to vacate runway immediately

Radio Communication Failure #

Within Class B, C or D airspace:

  1. PIC shall leave airspace when airspace is a control zone by landing at the aerodrome where the control zone is established. Any other case, by the shortest route
  2. Set transponder to 7600.
  3. Inform ATC as soon as possible