Pilot's spilled coffee triggers hijacking alert

[thepotato232]

"He inadvertently sent an unlawful interference code, then changed to loss of communication code?"

hahahaha. 7, 6, or 5? He needed more coffee to help him figure that out!

Any chance he just hit 7500 on his way to 7600? I think the new protocol for hijacking scenarios is to treat anyone who squaks 7500 even momentarily as though they're hijacked until proven otherwise. Until 2001, we'd always assumed that hijackers wouldn't know to change their squak or turn the xpndr off.

That's why I always put mine on SBY for a moment when I'm changing to a new squak.

 

[RJ Bum]

Same thing happened to a Comair RJ about 5 years ago. Shortly after T/O a drink was spilled and gave them a false left engine fire warning. They shut it down and as they returned to CVG, on downwind they had a right engine fire warning, then as they turned final they had an APU fire warning.

 

[chqflyer]

Same thing happened to a Comair RJ about 5 years ago. Shortly after T/O a drink was spilled and gave them a false left engine fire warning. They shut it down and as they returned to CVG, on downwind they had a right engine fire warning, then as they turned final they had an APU fire warning.

Geeez, that just sounds like the final lap at the end of a checkride!