Lockheed C-130E Hercules

71-01468
 Turkey
Transport - Operations - Military

29 April 2022
15:15

Origin : ASR
ASR
LTAU
Kayseri
Kayseri Province
 Turkey
Elevation : 1056m / 3463ft
Destination : AOE
AOE
LTBY
Eskişehir
Eskişehir Province
 Turkey
Elevation : 789m / 2588ft

CommentAn unusual callsign/flight-number we've only seen once before almost 2 years ago on an AW139 registered to the Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen airport (SAW) in Istanbul : TC-HVK.
HVK is short for Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı, which is Turkish for Air Force Command. Looking at the whole, it doesn't look this C130 is on a 'real' mission but on a walk-about.
@ 22:38 UTC : The same C130 showed up again this time as HVKK1240 returning to base from Eskişehir. As it was descending towards Kayseri it squawked 7700 meaning it had an in-flight emergency. It looks like it landed 11 minutes later. Maybe we'll find out the details later.

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