Who is squawking an emergency right now?

Aircraft broadcasting transponder code 7700 or 7600 in the current ADS-B snapshot. These are raw broadcasts from the aircraft, not confirmed incidents, and most resolve as an ordinary landing.

Read this first. A transponder code is set by the crew with four dials. It is sometimes set by mistake, it says nothing about how serious a situation is, and it is never a substitute for the airline or the relevant authority. Nothing on this page is an official operational status.

Squawking an emergency code now

Squawk 7700 - general emergency

Squawk 7600 - radio failure

Squawking right now

Nothing is squawking an emergency code in this snapshot. That is the normal state of the sky, and it is the answer you want. The log below is what we recorded earlier.

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What the codes mean

Squawk 7700: general emergency

The crew has declared an emergency. It covers everything from a sick passenger to an engine problem, and most end as a routine priority landing.

Squawk 7600: radio failure

The crew cannot reach air traffic control by radio. Aircraft follow a published lost-communications procedure for this, and it is usually a failed radio rather than a failing aircraft.

Why 7500 is not listed here

7500 is the code for unlawful interference. We detect it and record it, but we do not publish it. In live transponder data almost every 7500 is a keying error on the way to another code, and printing that phrase next to a real flight number, with real people aboard, on the strength of a mistyped dial is not a trade worth making. Our flight tracking technology guides explain how transponder codes travel from the cockpit to this page, and what is flying over me reads the same broadcasts to name the aircraft above you.

Recent alerts we logged

Code	Callsign	Airframe	First seen (UTC)	Squawked for	Country
7600	-	a7faad	2026-09-19 19:12	2 min	United States
7700	N760JA	aa4251	2026-09-19 19:07	28 min	United States

Logged from our own snapshots over the last 30 days. A code held across many snapshots is recorded as one event that lasted, not as many separate alerts.

Frequently asked questions

Does a 7700 squawk mean the flight is in danger?

No. 7700 is the general emergency code and covers everything from a passenger taken ill to a technical fault the crew wants priority for. Most end as an ordinary landing with the fire service standing by as a precaution.

What does squawk 7600 mean?

The crew cannot reach air traffic control by radio. Aircraft follow a published lost-communications procedure for exactly this, and it is far more often a failed radio than a failing aircraft.

Is this an official emergency feed?

No. These are raw transponder codes broadcast by the aircraft and received by volunteer ADS-B stations. They are not confirmation that anything happened, they are sometimes set by mistake, and they are never a substitute for the airline or the relevant authority.

Why is the hijack code not listed?

Squawk 7500 is detected and recorded, but never published. In live data almost every 7500 is a keying error on the way to another code, and putting the words next to a real flight number on that basis would do more harm than good.

Why is the list sometimes empty?

Because nothing is squawking an emergency code in the current snapshot, which is the normal state of the sky. The recent alerts below are what we logged earlier.