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Strike
2012-05-31, 07:15 PM
Hello Everybody,

It is quite possible that I have missed something, but it seems like there are issues with the ACARS system or at least the search. I use this website, and I am sure that many of you do, http://www.acarsd.org/acars_search.html

At first I thought it was just a fluke or a coincidence, but I have noticed that there have been no new flights (at least among the aircraft I have searched) on the database since May 17, 2012. Is anybody else having this issue? Is there another website where I can access this info?

I'm keeping an eye out for the SW state flag birds, Shamus, as well as some US specials. Since AS will be flying to PHL in a few weeks, I will be keeping an eye out for the Spirit of Seattle and the Starliner bird. I would hate to miss one of these due to search malfunctioning or another reason.

Thank you all for your help,
Happy spotting

adscram14
2012-05-31, 07:57 PM
Same problem here. No idea what's causing the outage.

Matt Molnar
2012-05-31, 09:20 PM
You can track the US Airways planes on FlightAware, not Alaska or Southwest though.

For example, here's US's Eagles plane: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N709UW

wunaladreamin
2012-05-31, 09:43 PM
http://www.planefinder.net

Strike
2012-06-23, 01:45 PM
It looks to be working again! Let's hope for no more outages!

adscram14
2012-06-23, 02:14 PM
You can track the US Airways planes on FlightAware, not Alaska or Southwest though.

For example, here's US's Eagles plane: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N709UW

No you can't. Look at how old the data is. US still hasn't adopted ADS-B except on their widebodies, so they aren't tracked.

markg
2012-06-28, 11:56 AM
Try http://www.antonakis.co.uk/acars.php?page=request