KalleMP
New Member
In a Finnish language Facebook post about a week ago, 11 June 2025, there was mention of a Northrop Grumman Global Hawk drone that had gone astray and possibly crash landed in central Finland near Tampere.
From what I read it probably took off from Sicily and flew towards the Black Sea. En route it had a technical difficulties and made to return. Instead of then landing in Sicily it diverted to an airport near Tampere, Finland, passed the runway and soon after which the transponder signal was lost. Various search flights were observed on flight tracking platforms in the area.
One comment, (loosely translated from quote below) suggests that it turned off the transponder, rose to 17km and apparently returned to Sicily. A flight path for a return leg via the Black Sea and Turkey was seen by the commenter but not shared though.
It is not mentioned if this was the return leg before the diversion to Finland or after.
The timeline of when the transponder signal was lost is not clear.
"Ilmeisesti löysi kotiinsa takaisin Sisiliaan, katosi kyllä totaalisesti kartalta, kytki pois tutkaseurannan ja nousi 17 km korkeuteen. Löysin kyllä kuvan paluulennosta Mustanmeren ja Turkin kautta, joku oli onnistunut sen tallentamaan."
My question is has there been any news coverage of this event, I have seen none, did it even happen..
Source: https://www.facebook.com/krista.kristanen/posts/pfbid0GnmC5UD4FBSectCyYGvRWgnpfzdNDX4qFiQvXXfUNs8gsC6TCcEwUQztZ2rQXo4Kl
There is a link to a 'X' post that shows the flight path of the drone near Tampere with a transponder code of 7600 suggesting it had lost ability to communicate via radio.
Source: https://x.com/GCFlightAlerts/status/1932693794782159128
In the FB post there are also a few other images that show some other flight tracks of what are supposed to be search flights in the area.
Regards
Kalle
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Helsinki, Finalnd
From what I read it probably took off from Sicily and flew towards the Black Sea. En route it had a technical difficulties and made to return. Instead of then landing in Sicily it diverted to an airport near Tampere, Finland, passed the runway and soon after which the transponder signal was lost. Various search flights were observed on flight tracking platforms in the area.
One comment, (loosely translated from quote below) suggests that it turned off the transponder, rose to 17km and apparently returned to Sicily. A flight path for a return leg via the Black Sea and Turkey was seen by the commenter but not shared though.
It is not mentioned if this was the return leg before the diversion to Finland or after.
The timeline of when the transponder signal was lost is not clear.
"Ilmeisesti löysi kotiinsa takaisin Sisiliaan, katosi kyllä totaalisesti kartalta, kytki pois tutkaseurannan ja nousi 17 km korkeuteen. Löysin kyllä kuvan paluulennosta Mustanmeren ja Turkin kautta, joku oli onnistunut sen tallentamaan."
My question is has there been any news coverage of this event, I have seen none, did it even happen..
Source: https://www.facebook.com/krista.kristanen/posts/pfbid0GnmC5UD4FBSectCyYGvRWgnpfzdNDX4qFiQvXXfUNs8gsC6TCcEwUQztZ2rQXo4Kl
There is a link to a 'X' post that shows the flight path of the drone near Tampere with a transponder code of 7600 suggesting it had lost ability to communicate via radio.
Source: https://x.com/GCFlightAlerts/status/1932693794782159128
In the FB post there are also a few other images that show some other flight tracks of what are supposed to be search flights in the area.
Regards
Kalle
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Helsinki, Finalnd