#CFC4051 - Twitter Hashtag

over 2 years ago

@TarasChuprynk @IntelCrab .@cattunneycbc wrote it up for CBC. Along with the details we already put together, today is day 7 (at least) of the operation to forward deploy evac assets to Paphos. We know that because we saw #CFC4051 started their flight from Ottawa on August 1. https://t.co/QUdHh9lVQB

CBC News

@CBCNews

over 2 years ago

The Canadian Armed Forces is "pre-positioning" assets in case its fleet is needed to evacuate Canadians from Lebanon amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, according to government officials. https://t.co/SqGCuPpBwV .

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Steffan Watkins 

@steffanwatkins

over 2 years ago

I don't usually turn the timestamps on for every dot, but this time it's a good idea. Pay close attention to the time it takes for a #RCAF CC-177 Globemaster (177705 #C2B3FF #CFC4051) to move at 500kt eastward toward Cyprus; napkin math, it moves a few inches in a half hour, depending on your scale. From the left edge of my screenshot to Paphos (Cyprus, where they landed) it took about a half hour to land. To make it from Paphos to Beirut, it would take at least another half hour. Unless the datapoint at 13:59 was being spoofed, there's no reason to believe the datapoint at 14:11 is really from Beirut. That appears to be GPS spoofing, coming from a nearly source to the aircraft in Cyprus(!). I'm sure they landed in Paphos, after that it gets a little dicey. From 14:01-14:12 they appeared to be on the ground per ADS-B, logically still in Paphos. Historically, it would usually take a plane about an hour from the time they land to the time they take off again. I'm sure that depends on many factors, but just toss that number out there. If they refuelled in Paphos, they might take off an hour+ later, but they still have to get to Beirut before they can depart from Beirut, if you see where I'm going. That's another half hour trip - maybe they could get there by 15:45? Pure speculation. They actually resumed transmitting ADS-B at 16:11-16:13 still on the ground somewhere, two hours after they landed in Paphos, a location where GPS-spoofing is occuring at and affecting them at ground level. If you crack open the KML, you see they started gaining altitude at 16:14; their ADS-B transmissions had them near Beirut, but that doesn't mean anything in an environment where GPS spoofing is occuring.

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. I don't usually turn the timestamps on for every dot, but this time it's a good idea. Pay close attention to the time it takes for a #RCAF CC-177 Globemaster (177705 #C2B3FF #CFC4051) to move at 500kt eastward toward Cyprus; napkin math, it moves a few inches in a half hour, depending on your scale.

From the left edge of my screenshot to Paphos (Cyprus, where they landed) it took about a half hour to land. To make it from Paphos to Beirut, it would take at least another half hour. Unless the datapoint at 13:59 was being spoofed, there's no reason to believe the datapoint at 14:11 is really from Beirut. That appears to be GPS spoofing, coming from a nearly source to the aircraft in Cyprus(!). I'm sure they landed in Paphos, after that it gets a little dicey.

From 14:01-14:12 they appeared to be on the ground per ADS-B, logically still in Paphos. Historically, it would usually take a plane about an hour from the time they land to the time they take off again. I'm sure that depends on many factors, but just toss that number out there. If they refuelled in Paphos, they might take off an hour+ later, but they still have to get to Beirut before they can depart from Beirut, if you see where I'm going. That's another half hour trip - maybe they could get there by 15:45? Pure speculation.

They actually resumed transmitting ADS-B at 16:11-16:13 still on the ground somewhere, two hours after they landed in Paphos, a location where GPS-spoofing is occuring at and affecting them at ground level. If you crack open the KML, you see they started gaining altitude at 16:14; their ADS-B transmissions had them near Beirut, but that doesn't mean anything in an environment where GPS spoofing is occuring.

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Steffan Watkins 

@steffanwatkins

over 2 years ago

@TarasChuprynk @IntelCrab I believe the people on that aircraft came from Ottawa August 1, so maybe a diplomatic support team from GAC to assist a civilian an evacuation, and/or a JTF2 team to bring out diplomats by air or land. We might find out soon. #CFC4051

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. @TarasChuprynk @IntelCrab I believe the people on that aircraft came from Ottawa August 1, so maybe a diplomatic support team from GAC to assist a civilian an evacuation, and/or a JTF2 team to bring out diplomats by air or land. We might find out soon. #CFC4051 https://t.co/tF5IaygRpg

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🐝 Bee @BloodyPolitics

over 3 years ago

Unfortunately I was too late to catch the departure of RCAF C17 Globemaster 177702 which had arrived under cover of darkness as #CFC4051 and departed early on a possible rescue mission. 👇 https://t.co/fPmMA2M4Ha

BloodyPolitics's tweet photo. Unfortunately I was too late to catch the departure of RCAF C17 Globemaster 177702 which had arrived under cover of darkness as #CFC4051 and departed early on a possible rescue mission. 👇
https://t.co/fPmMA2M4Ha https://t.co/53ynnNwxiz

Steffan Watkins 

@steffanwatkins

over 3 years ago

🇨🇦 #RCAF CC-177 Globemaster III 177702 #C2AFC7 #CFC4053 possibly heading to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti 🇩🇯 to pick up evacuees from #Sudan 🇸🇩. https://t.co/fO0Vt4cmjV

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. 🇨🇦 #RCAF CC-177 Globemaster III 177702 #C2AFC7 #CFC4053 possibly heading to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti 🇩🇯 to pick up evacuees from #Sudan 🇸🇩.

https://t.co/fO0Vt4cmjV https://t.co/m9h84eNkbC

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🐝 Bee @BloodyPolitics

over 4 years ago

Filthy weather conditions and wind sheer tonight as 🇨🇦 RCAF C17 #CFC4051 approaches from the North on runway 21. #avgeek 177701 Credit to the photographer

BloodyPolitics's tweet photo. Filthy weather conditions and wind sheer tonight as 🇨🇦 RCAF C17 #CFC4051 approaches from the North on runway 21.

#avgeek
177701
Credit to the photographer https://t.co/ZNiOnR1WdK

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qooᴎꙄʏqooᴎꙄɘʜT @TheSnoopySnoop

over 4 years ago

#CFC4051 🇨🇦 #Riga ➡️ #Lviv ➡️ #Prestwick #CC177 #C2B3D7 #177701 @RCAF_ARC

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SkyScanWorld ✈️🚁📡

@scan_sky

over 4 years ago

RCAF - CC-177 Globemaster III - 177701 - #CFC4051 Inbound To Prestwick 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & Parking On H Apron. 6 Total Onboard & Will Be Looking To Refuel On Arrival & Large GPU. May Not Be Able To Refuel Till Tomorrow, Due To Another Aircraft Refuelling Due Out Around 0800 Tomorrow.