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Read what pilots are saying.

We run our own receivers that pick up ACARS, the text messages pilots and airlines send each other. Diversions, emergencies, problems on board, as they happen.

UAL1372, Seattle to San Francisco, declared an emergency
Notification: Squawk 7700, emergency, UAL1372 at FL247

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Get an alert the moment any plane declares an emergency.

Safety record for Delta 767 N196DN: three NTSB records, none fatal

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Every accident and incident the exact plane you’re looking at has ever had.

Three decoded faults: ADIRU, engine N2 speed sensor, FADEC

Know what’s broken on a plane.

See the problems planes report about themselves, from engines to sensors, as they report them.

UA333: the pilots make Albuquerque the alternate airport as storms build near El Paso

Look up any flight’s messages.

Search any flight from the last 30 days and read everything the pilots and airline sent.

US Air Force B-52 bomber 61-0021 cruising at 25,000 ft

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Military jets, Air Force One, government and private planes that other trackers hide. We show them.

UAL1551: unresponsive passenger now breathing, with the crew's message and a replay button

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What happened, the crew’s exact words, and a replay of the flight.

A British Airways 787-10 taxiing at Heathrow at night under the floodlights, in FlightDeck’s 3D view

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