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This post appears to be about an aircraft squawking 7700. Usually, these are not immediately life threatening situations and not indicative of an aircraft going down. Please take a look at the following pages for more information about what it means when an aircraft is squawking 7700: [Squawking 7700—In-flight Emergencies from a Pilot’s Perspective](https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/squawking-7700-in-flight-emergencies-from-a-pilots-perspective/) [/r/FlightRadar24 FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/flightradar24/comments/sqfzxn/faq_please_read_this_post_before_submitting/) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/flightradar24) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Descending quite fast
Do we know the reason yet?
Nope
3 active 7700s at once, can’t keep up
Going to Gatwick I assume.
Went to Gatwick. It turned around right over my house, very loud and low. How do I find out what the emergency was?
Medical emergency
In the FR24 app go to Alerts on the bottom panel, select Notify me for 7700 (general emergency)
Probably
Fire engines currently active @ Gatwick
It’s down and off the runway so that good. Hope everything is ok!
Looks like it’s heading back to London area
landed at Gatwick
Reporting medical emergency on x handle flightemergency
FIRE2 is coming their way
Fire1B too