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Aviation Audio Clips / KingAir Autoland at KBJC due to pilot incapacitation

« Last post by Rick on December 21, 2025, 14:58:32 UTC »

The Garmin "autoland" feature saves a King Air after the pilot became incapacitated.  Condensed audio is attached - interesting to hear the computer announcing to ATC.  I couldn't find the approach frequency to get the initial calls, but you can hear the tower controller start moving aircraft out of the way and telling them about the incoming King Air, and then the subsequent announcements by the plane.


Autoland Saves King Air, Everyone Reported Safe - AvBrief.com


N479BR Flight Tracking and History 20-Dec-2025 (KASE-KBJC) - FlightAware

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Aviation Audio Clips / KDCA 12/19/25 2050Z Air Defense Scramble for Unknown Target near Leesburg VA

« Last post by baldiedc on December 21, 2025, 02:46:03 UTC »

Friday 12/19/25 20:50Z (3:50pm local) - Blackjack-1 on routine flight SW of DCA calls Tower with active air defense mission for target approx 24mi in area of Leesburg, at one point the target reported at 3000ft and descending.  Blackjack requested a 350 heading up to 3000ft towards Rockville and remained orbiting in that area of the SFRA, due East of Leesburg.  DC ANG fighters were scrambled out of Andrews.

Potomac Approach for KIAD West Arrival (MANNE) asked ASH6115 at ~20:51.30Z if they could see a small low target off their left wing at 9 o'clock / 5mi (the area south of Purcelville), and did confirm seeing a white target but no further details provided.

DCA and BWI stopped departures for 20-25 mins until around 21:15Z, due to the fighter activity in the departure corridors, but arrivals continued (from the South into DCA and from the East into BWI).  Blackjack also headed back to DCA around 21:15Z.

MANNE controller replied when asked after the scramble that they didn't know if anything was found and it was possibly false target / birds.

Attached combo KDCA Heli/Tower/Departure, KIAD West Arrival (MANNE), KJYO Leesburg Tower, KMRB LUCKE (UAL109), KBWI Tower; from 20:50-21:21Z edited for time and content, not realtime etc.  Blackjack was handed off to KIAD North Departure 125.05 which wasn't audible, and SFRA West feed is currently down.

Note - At 20:43Z a power glider made an emergency landing at Martinsburg, which seems to be coincidental as it doesn't line up with the timing and location provided by Blackjack and MANNE.
https://forums.liveatc.net/atcaviation-audio-clips/kmrb-121925-2030z-glider-emergency-landing-(ok)-at-martinsburg-wv/

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Aviation Audio Clips / KMRB 12/19/25 2030Z Glider Emergency Landing (OK) at Martinsburg WV

« Last post by baldiedc on December 20, 2025, 04:37:27 UTC »

Meanwhile at Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field (KMRB), Martinsburg WV....

Friday 12/19/25 Approx 20:30Z (3:30pm local), a glider (tail ?N9UY also referred to as N9U4Y?) calls into MRB Tower (@ 12miles) and makes emergency landing on Rwy 26 approx 20:43Z.  One person on board, emergency vehicles standing by.  Apparently came off runway into the grass, no report on Ground frequency of any injury or damage and emergency crew assisted walking the glider back to the ramp.

A TBM-850 c/s N850BD was also on approach, did an orbit and able to land Rwy 26 approx 20:52Z after runway inspection.

Attached combo MRB Tower, Ground, Potomac Approach (LUCKE); edited for time and content, not realtime (audio quality a bit funky, the MRB clips come up short of 30min).

Note - I was trying to find out the reason for another DC air defense scramble around 20:50Z which shut down departures out of BWI and DCA due to the fighters in the departure corridor, and happened to find this event on LUCKE.  Based on the communications the target area was close to Leesburg and the target was still in the air after the glider had landed at Matinsburg, so these events appear to be coincidental.
https://forums.liveatc.net/atcaviation-audio-clips/kdca-121925-2050z-air-defense-scramble-for-unknown-target-near-leesburg/

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Listener Forum / Re: Strange

« Last post by gtheall on December 20, 2025, 00:56:19 UTC »

It's hard to be certain without seeing information about the certificate behind the warning. Still, I expect the OP's issue is because their system doesn't have support for new Sectigo Subordinate CA Certificates, including Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36. LiveATC started using a certificate signed by that last month.

Searching the web for "Sectigo Root CA migration" should turn up a number of documents about the switch, although mostly from the point of view of site administrators. As an end user, one needs to add the appropriate certificate to your certificate store. I did that last month on a RPi system by downloading a copy of the cert to /usr/local/share/ca-certificates and then running update-ca-certificates.

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Listener Forum / Re: Strange

« Last post by dave on December 19, 2025, 15:19:40 UTC »

Do you have a really old browser? It may not interpret modern SSL certificates correctly.

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Listener Forum / Re: Strange

« Last post by dave on December 19, 2025, 15:18:05 UTC »

Very strange. We see no issues here.

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Listener Forum / Strange

« Last post by ATC CENTERS on December 19, 2025, 15:08:04 UTC »

Here's what I get when I try to open LIVEATC.NET

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Aviation Audio Clips / Re: Retirement greeting

« Last post by KB4TEZ on December 18, 2025, 14:52:06 UTC »

attached

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Aviation Audio Clips / Retirement greeting

« Last post by diskus on December 18, 2025, 14:32:16 UTC »

If there is anyone more skilled than I who would like to pull the audio, there is a retirement message from ATC on this feed at 6:03AM PDT
Listening to ZOA Oakland Center (35/40/41) on LiveATC for Android
http://www.liveatc.net/search?icao=ksfo

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Aviation Audio Clips / Plane crashes at residential complex in Nashua

« Last post by KB4TEZ on December 18, 2025, 11:21:53 UTC »

https://www.wmur.com/article/nashua-new-hampshire-plane-crash-121725/69800373

Alanna Flood
Anchor/Reporter
NASHUA, N.H. —
A small plane crashed Wednesday afternoon into a residential neighborhood in Nashua.

The plane crashed at a residential complex in the area of Cannongate Road, which is on the other side of Route 101A from Nashua Airport.

The crash happened at about 2:15 p.m., and fire officials said the pilot was the only person on board.

The plane clipped the roof of a home and then crashed upside down near a parking lot.

Fire Chief Steve Buxton said the pilot was able to get out of the plane with the help of bystanders. He was taken to a hospital, and the extent of his injuries was unknown.

No one else was hurt.  Buxton said he believes the pilot was practicing taking off and landing at the airport before the crash.

James Fogarty, one of the good Samaritans who helped pull the pilot from the plane, said he noticed signs of trouble before the crash.

"I knew it was going down because it was sputtering, the engine, and once I got over there, it hit the building, and it flipped upside down. He wasn't really saying much to me. I kinda like backed up once I pulled him away. He had a gash on his head, on the top of his head, probably about 2 inches wide, long, I mean. He was bleeding pretty good," Fogarty said.

The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to be at the crash site soon to take over the investigation.