Flight over Ukraine what is it.

August 13, 2024 11:42 PM

As I write this Flight Radar24 is showing a Rada Belorussian cargo plane flying over Ukraine from roughly the Kursk Russia area to Moldova. I do not see this plane on the ADS-b exchange, it's going like a bat out of hell, any idea what this is? I thought the air space was pretty no-go. FR24 says it's at 32000 feet.
posted by Rufous-headed Towhee heehee to Grab Bag (5 answers total)

Response by poster: Gone now. Disappeared very roughly over Chornobai.
posted by Rufous-headed Towhee heehee at 11:57 PM on August 13

Response by poster: After google search and some time, someone on the bird sound site says it was GPS spoofing so...I guess that's it, if anyone has any info to add feel free but I think that's the answer. Relieved, seemed like a possible bad thing getting ready to happen.
posted by Rufous-headed Towhee heehee at 12:08 AM on August 14 [2 favorites]

1. Thank you for posting this. 2. Sorry I was no help. 3. The update is also appreciated.
posted by Bella Donna at 7:16 AM on August 14 [1 favorite]

I would expect any military or quasi-military aircraft in a conflict space to not use ADS-B/out at all, or send garbled output to confuse observers.
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:45 AM on August 14 [2 favorites]

My son once found a plane from Ukraine going to the states, I think DC. (I think it was Air Force one? In some manner that it really stood out as a flight plan) and we thought it was some weird glitch and then later that day Zelenskyy popped up in the news as being in DC and gave a speech. We were all really stunned. So, sometimes it’s legit!
posted by St. Peepsburg at 7:48 AM on August 14 [3 favorites]