ARL979Q squawked 7700 near Bilbao (BIO)

At 12:35 UTC on 9 November 2026, ARL979Q, a British Aerospace BAe-125-700 registered F-HICU, began transmitting transponder code 7700, general emergency, near Bilbao (BIO) at FL220.

The code stayed up for about 5 minutes; we last saw it at 12:40 UTC, by which time the aircraft was at FL220. The map shows the path flown around the event, colored from live ADS-B positions.

A squawk code is set by the crew on the transponder. 7700 is the general emergency code: it covers anything from a medical issue on board to a technical fault, and most 7700s end in a normal landing. Nothing here is confirmed by the operator or an investigating authority; it is what the aircraft broadcast.