Airbus A400M-180
06 January 2021
07:48
Origin : KBL
KBL
OAKB
Kabul
Kabul Province
AfghanistanElevation : 1791m / 5877ft
Coordinates : 35°33′57″N 69°12′44″E
Destination : ASR
ASR
LTAU
Kayseri
Kayseri Province
TurkeyElevation : 1056m / 3463ft
Coordinates : 39°45′13″N 35°29′43″E
Comment
This smells funny ! Just looking at the picture and the flight-number/call sign you could be forgiven for thinking this is one of those special Phoenix Air flights. Of course given the rest that makes no sense : the aircraft type is an A400M-180 and it's flying to Turkey. The registration and the mode-s belong to a Turkish A400. It should have a "TUAF" or "NAG" call sign. So what happened here ? And apart from all that : why does it have such a confusing flight-number/call sign if that is really it and what was it doing in Kabul if it wasn't a NATO mission ? If it's the tracker messing up it an awful coincidence that it matches the Phoenix-like call sign/flight-number to a Phoenix aircraft while the registration point to a Turkish A400 it otherwise manages to identify without fail. So : this smells.Resources
