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There is an established procedure they have to follow to establish contact with the plane, that presumably all pilots should be aware of - https://www.faa.gov/n

There is an established procedure they have to follow to establish contact with the plane, that presumably all pilots should be aware of - https://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/2015/media/Intercept-Procedures.pdf https://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/2015/media/Intercep...

chmod775 10y ago
That link is only relevant to US of A airspace.
- detaro 10y ago
  These rules are an international recommendation (set in the "Rules of the Air" by ICAO), so while the link technically is US-only the procedure described in it is not.
  - sokoloff 10y ago
    Can confirm (I'm a private pilot). Here is the ICAO intercept procedures document (Appendix 2, starting on PDF page 58): http://www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf12/Document%20Archive/an02_cons%5B1%5D.pdf http://www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf12/Document%20Archive/an0...
    - jlgaddis 10y ago
      Out of curiosity, are these (and/or similar) procedures things that are taught very early on, to pilots of all levels?
      - sokoloff 10y ago
        Yes. They are taught pre-solo. I've been flying almost 20 years, so I can't swear exactly whether they were on the FAA knowledge ("written") test or not, but these are taught very early on as part of ground school. Many kneeboards and emergency procedure checklists have them handy as well. Realistically, if you can remember to tune to 121.5 MHz (the universal VHF emergency frequency), that's going to be good enough for all but lost comms. For a lost comms scenario (including electrical failure), the intercept procedures are unlikely to come into play; you'll instead proceed to an airport and land.