r/ADSB

Didn't come over us so I didn't get to see it directly, but this seems like a fun toy.

Just picked up this P3 and thought is was a cool find versus regular P8’s.

This FAA plane keeps doing circles over my area so I snapped a few photos of it through my 10x binoculars.

Anyone possibly have any details as to what they all may be doing? First time seeing 3 at once, as well as in this area.

Thanks for looking!

Never saw one before.... i thought we didn't have !?

This happened at 01:50–02:36 UTC and observed on both ADS-B Exchange and FlightRadar24. I thought it was interesting this happened as OVRLRD2 patrols the straight... Also worth noting that the aircraft Hex shows it has not flown this year! (last flight history included in screenshots)

I've included more details below but also interested on everyone's thoughts!

Possible Iranian Rick Roll? 🧐🤔

EK01 / A6-EEN

• Type: Airbus A380-861
• Operator: Emirates
• Hex: 89618D
• Squawk: 2000
• https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=89618d

Signal Quality

• Single receiver, no MLAT cross-check
• NACp: ≥18.5km (normal A380 = NACp 9-10)
• WGS84 altitude: -25ft (physically impossible over water)
• GPS altitude: N/A throughout
• TAS, IAS, wind, temp: all N/A
• Message rate: 0.0 at termination
• Rc: unknown

Altitude & Speed

• Baro altitude locked at 225-250ft entire event, zero vertical rate
• FMS selected altitude frozen at 192ft throughout, never updated
• FMS selected heading frozen at 29.5° throughout, never updated
• Speed/altitude graph shows instant-on from zero, no climb profile
• Squawk 2000 throughout, no ATC assignment

Track Behaviour

• Heading ~4° (due north), opposite to DXB-LHR routing
• Perfectly straight track, no deviation or drift
• Signal cycled off/on twice, FR24 called landing on each dropout
• Final position: 26.927°N, 55.544°E (inland Iran)
• Active duration: ~46 minutes

Context

• FR24 destination: N/A, no flight plan matched
• Peak FR24 trackers: 2,136, ranked #1 worldwide
• A6-EEN last legitimate flight: December 2025
• Airframe dormant entire conflict period (Feb 28 2026 onwards)
• No parallel legitimate track existed to contradict signal.

Iv’e seen one or the other, but first time seeing them both up. Does anyone know if this is just testing or a scheduled launch?

Just floating this new project out to anyone who might be interested. Flightjar is an ADS-B live map and logger, with optional integration with OpenSky.

It's dead easy to run alongside ultrafeeder in Docker.

I've enjoyed developing it so far and I want to continue adding more useful features.

https://github.com/MrSuttonmann/flightjar