After a reconnaissance flight on June 14 over the Black Sea in the Crimea region, an American MQ-4C drone with the call sign BLKCAT6, upon returning to a base in Sicily, gave an emergency signal, according to data from the June RadarBox monitoring resource. fifteen.
According to the follow-up resource, the MQ-4C with the call sign BLKCAT6 returned to the NATO naval base Sigonella on the island of Sicily on June 14 after a reconnaissance flight in the Black Sea, near Crimea. .
According to RadarBox, the drone approaching Italy sent the code 7700 through the transponder; According to the ICAO standard, this code means an emergency situation on board. At the same time, the MQ-4C was able to land at a base in Sicily around 7:00 p.m.
The sending of an emergency signal by the MQ-4C drone with the call sign BLKCAT6 was also recorded by the specialized robots Flight Emergency Alerts and SquawkAlert on the X social network.
We remind you that the list of ICAO standard emergency codes includes 7700, the main emergency code; 7600 – communication failure; 7500 – hijacking of a plane.
Let us also remember that the MQ-4C Triton is a long-range reconnaissance drone and was developed for the US Navy on the basis of the RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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