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Eurocontrol: first operational use of Mode S flight identity downlink
Brussels, Belgium - A Lufthansa Boeing 737 between Frankfurt to Munich became the first aircraft with this service
"On 18 January, for the first time ever, radar identification of a flight was established and maintained without the assignment of a discrete secondary surveillance radar code. A Deutsche Lufthansa Boeing 737 flying between Frankfurt and Munich became the first aircraft to be identified by having its Mode S transponder-transmitted flight identity automatically correlated with flight plan data held...
fra/pec - 1085874
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency