Tripoli

[Biggles]

Having been reported that Libyan Airspace is closed, I am now Tuesday evening currently monitoring FlightRadar24 and have seen a couple of interesting flight heading into closed airspace.

1.IL 62 Reg RA 86570 C/S SUMZ 1002
It vanished from veiw near the coastline.

2.AB319 Reg YK-AKE C/S SYR 1095
same as above neither had flight destination listed.

3. more interesting is recent one 20.20 hrs
AB 319 Reg 5A-OND C/S AAW651D Afriqya Airways
Listed Dubai - Tripoli
This is the same airline whoch removed the Lockerbie Bomber
back to Libya

4. c/s THY 638 Tropoli - Istanbul Ataturk showing departing Libyan Airspace 21.20

[Biggles]

Add to my previous YK-AKE is now 22.20 Climb/departing Libyan Arspace as SYR 1096

[Biggles]

0030 hrs COTAM 0209 leaving Libyan area showing on Flight Radar 24 Pro

Airline: French Air Force

Aircraft: Airbus A340-212 (A342)

Reg: F-RAJA

Hex: 3B7782

Altitude: 37975 ft (11575 m)

Speed: 425 kt (787 km/h, 489 mph)

Track: 341°

Squawk: 4025

Pos: 35.28557 / 10.94513

Radar: LMML

[Deleted]

Very interesting. Just been having a look, and see there's a German A/F A310 on its' way in, and an IL-76 from the Russian Emergency Ministry on its' way out. I notice the GAF 310 went into the holding pattern south of Malta before it proceeded, so pehaps they're double-checking all inbound flights.

Interesting that the Russkies, the Germans and the Turks (there's a THY A340 inbound at the moment) can get aircraft into Tripoli, but our lot are still thinking about it.