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The Queen's coffin was flown on an RAF Globemaster C-17, after lying in state at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. The flight used the callsign "Kittyhawk", used for any military flight with the Queen on board.
The most-tracked aircraft in the world right now is a US Air Force jet that took off from Kuala Lumpur, as internet users seek to track US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a trip to Taiwan. Almost 300,000 users are following every move of “ SPAR19,” a US Air Force-operated Boeing C-40C, according to FlightRadar24.
The journey was the most tracked flight in history as nearly 5 million viewers tuned in, causing the website to crash. Queen Elizabeth II's final journey from Edinburgh to RAF Northolt created history as the flight carrying the Queen's coffin was tracked by almost 5 million viewers.
The RAF C-17 globemaster plane transported Her Majesty's coffin. Flightradar24 is one of several increasingly popular plane-tracking tools.
Flags will fly at half-mast across the UK (as was the case when the Duke of Edinburgh died too) and it has been rumoured for several years that workers may have days off on Friday, September 9. The day of the Queen's death - Thursday, September 8 - will be followed by a 12-day mourning period.
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Over oceans radar does not work as it relies on line-of-sight tracking from a ground station. On oceanic flights a flight crew will know its exact position via GPS, but it is not able to be tracked by air traffic control.
Modern-day technology on commercial airliners is so good that air traffic control can track the aircraft's position even when it's flying over an ocean.
One of the biggest aviation mysteries in the world is the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which was carrying 239 passengers. On March 8, 2014, the plane disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
It may be of interest to know that the oldest plane we track on a regular basis on Flightradar24 is this Curtiss Wright Travel Air B-4000, which is a whopping 91 years old.
Websites such as ADSBExchange.com, FlightRadar24.com and FlightAware.com aggregate flight data in the United States and abroad using a mix of commercial and citizen-owned sensors that capture the movements of commercial, civilian and military aircraft in real time, 24 hours a day.
Does FlightRadar show private planes? Yes, it does, but the data is limited. If an operator doesn't want their personal details published, FlightRadar will block out that information or even omit showing the aircraft directly related to high-profile individuals, like Air Force One.
Squawking 7700 in an emergency
The most well know of these is the code 7700. This is used to indicate an emergency of any kind. A pilot will enter this when in an emergency situation - either instructed by ATC after declaring an emergency or without communication if there is no time.
Australia is extremely far from the nearest location in the United States. This means that an airplane will spend a longer amount of time flying over water. Hazardous weather conditions and larger weather systems can occur over bodies of water. These include thunderstorms, which are extremely hazardous to flights.
The most common reason is that there are no airstrips or airports on many of the small islands, so if a plane had to make an emergency landing, it would be difficult to find a place to land. Additionally, the Pacific Ocean is vast and remote, so if a plane were to go down, it would be very difficult to find.
The primary reason airplanes don't fly over the Pacific Ocean is because curved routes are shorter than straight routes. Flat maps are somewhat confusing because the Earth itself isn't flat. Rather, it's spherical. As a result, straight routes don't offer the shortest distance between two locations.
His personal jet, a Gulfstream G650ER with the call sign and tail number N628TS, completed a total of 134 flights in 2022, according to information compiled by Jack Sweeney, who runs a Twitter account tracking its movements. The jet cost an estimated $US2.
Jet-tracking student Jack Sweeney has launched his own database for monitoring aircrafts. Sweeney told Insider he built an alternative to ADS-B Exchange, which was sold last month. Sweeney shares data that tracks private jets of celebrities, including Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
He's been expanding his collectibles; Musk owns four jets and recently dropped $78 million on a Gulfstream G700, intended to replace his Gulfstream G650ER.
English football matches have been postponed. This includes all Premier League and EFL games. It has been suggested that games may be suspended until October, though this is yet to be confirmed.
Schools across the UK are set to remain open following the Queen's death after the Department for Education issued guidance.
Prince Charles will immediately become king
Although there will be rituals and ceremonies aplenty, Prince Charles, who succeeds the queen, doesn't need any of that to actually become king—that happens instantaneously, despite the reasons some British citizens don't want Prince Charles to be king.