Plane hijack in progress over Michigan?

[Red Squirrel]

Was showing a friend my ADSB tracking setup and found that my script feeding adsbexchange.com had failed so I started it back up, and while I was on the site I noticed this plane.

I can't seem to track it anymore. Wonder if this is legit?

Squawk 7500 means hijack.

 

[cbrunny]

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GEC8230

<-- noob at tracking airplanes. Looks totally fine.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I was looking at that too. Maybe they accidentally set the transponder wrong.

 

[Kaido]

On a tangent:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article161691703.html

 

[Red Squirrel]

On a tangent:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article161691703.html

Hahahaha that is actually pretty funny. That is someone one would easily joke about, but for it to actually happen.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

On a tangent:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article161691703.html

You have got to be shitting me....

 

[Humpy]

On a tangent:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article161691703.html

Which ATOTer did this?!!

 

[zinfamous]

Hahahaha that is actually pretty funny. That is someone one would easily joke about, but for it to actually happen.

You have got to be shitting me....

Which ATOTer did this?!!

Did you guys actually read the article? The answer is, no: it actually did not happen. Pro tip: if the "article" title is in the form of a question, the answer is almost always "no."

 

[local]

I don't know, sounds like someone covering their ass from a lawsuit in case the breaker of wind gets identified. Foul odor in the cabin is all it says.

 

[Humpy]

Did you guys actually read the article? The answer is, no: it actually did not happen. Pro tip: if the "article" title is in the form of a question, the answer is almost always "no."

The absolute, God's honest truth here is that you did not read the article.

However, Red Squirrel and s0me0nesmind1 and Humpy and Kaido did read the article. It was glorious. We laughed and laughed.

Why did you not laugh?