As you were!
Original post below.
A Westjet flight from Vancouver, enroute to Mexico is sending a hijack signal.
WestJet #WA2154 from Vancouver to Puerto Vallarta (MEX) is squaking 7500. Apparent hijack. @blattella pic.twitter.com/OtoKyEg22B
— Emil ['emtʃɔ:] (@em4o) January 10, 2015
Now reported off course and past its destination. Ugh.
Conflicting reports that it’s landed. So, better.
Westjet tweets that all is well.
Not getting info at that link Kate.
Just a blank page.
It did arrive 6 minutes late. Clearly the work of jihadists, trying to deny these people 6 minutes of their vacation.
These tracking websites are notoriously unreliable, or at least slow to correct on false alarms. It’s just that everyone is on edge right now.
Bah – the only group that would hijack a Westjet would be Air Canada – still trying to figure out how to run an airline that anybody wants to actually fly on…
Good. Once in a while no news is good news.
Fiesta time early, stew sitting on the console again.
Air Kanada should try hiring some personable stewardess’, 30 years ago they were ugly and ignorant, today nothings changed except their age!!
Air Canuckistan’s motto…. We are NOT happy until you ARE unhappy.
Bingo!
Hijacking on Westjet!
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/claim-that-westjet-aircraft-was-hijacked-saturday-is-false-says-airline
There have been secret ways for pilots to communicate to ATC that there are hijackers on board since the Palestinians invented hijacking. A mode S transponder is continuously transmitting so it is possible that when changing codes that for an instant it will squawk on 7500 which is the not so secret code for hijackers on board.