Lockheed C-130E Hercules
29 April 2022
15:15
Origin : ASR
ASR
LTAU
Kayseri
Kayseri Province
Turkey
Elevation : 1056m / 3463ft
Coordinates : 39°45′13″N 35°29′43″E
Destination : AOE
AOE
LTBY
Eskişehir
Eskişehir Province
Turkey
Elevation : 789m / 2588ft
Coordinates : 40°48′36″N 31°30′10″E
Comment
An 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.