A Singapore Airlines flight from Los Angeles heading to Singapore sent out a 7500 transponder code on 11 June, whilst still in the air – indicating a possible hostile takeover of the plane.
It was sent shortly after the aircraft had taken off from the Los Angeles International Airport.
Chatter was rife online after a series of tweets started making the rounds about the 7500 transponder code that was sent by SQ37.
Noreen Jameel, a former journalist for Reuters, tweeted: “Watch, Singapore Airlines flight #SQ37 sent out 7500 (possible hijack) transponder code shortly after taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.”
The news soon gained traction as other netizens picked up on the incident and started tweeting about it online.
The flight had taken from off LA shortly before midnight, and the code was sent out shortly after the plane had taken off from LAX.
However, no other emergency signal from received and the plane carried on with its course, indicating that it was either a false alarm or a technical glitch.
Singapore Airlines also confirmed that there was no emergency situation on board SQ37.
SIA said: “
“Singapore Airlines is in contact with the pilots on board SQ37, operated on an Airbus A350-900, which departed Los Angeles International Airport on 10 June 2022 at around 2355hrs local time.
The pilots have confirmed that there is no emergency on board. The flight is enroute to Singapore, and is scheduled to arrive on 12 June 2022 at around 0750hrs local time.”
The plane landed safely this morning at Changi Airport, at about 7.32am.