Logistics corridor to Falklands via Uruguay: former Kirchnerist diplomat denounces untracked flight

Thursday, April 16th 2026 - 00:55 UTC

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A Royal Air Force (RAF) Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft operated on April 12 between Mount Pleasant base in the Falkland Islands and Carrasco airport in Montevideo, switching off its transponder during the return leg to the islands, rendering it invisible to civilian tracking systems, according to the specialized outlet Escenario Mundial, which identified the aircraft as registration ZM413 operating flights RRR4000 (outbound) and RRR4001 (return). Read full article

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imoyaro
“Former?” Sounds like they are still on the payroll... ;)
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Terence Hill
“A British A400M military aircraft takes off from Montevideo, flies to the Malvinas Islands, turns off its transponder mid-flight and even enters Argentine airspace,” Alicia Castro wrote.

Perhaps Argentina should abide by the treaties that she is signatory to.
Chicago Convention which she signed on 4 June 1946. Also known as:
The International Air Services Transit Agreement, 1944
containing what has come to be known as ”The Two Freedoms”.
1) The privilege to fly across the territory of a state without landing;
2) The privilege to land for non-traffic purposes; which she signed on 4 June 1946.
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Pugol-H
Apart from exiting the river plate area, the aircraft would have to fly out of its way to enter Argentinian Airspace.

Military aircraft are not required to keep transponders on, typically they do so in civilian airspace for safety, not otherwise.

For some further reading, if desired, an interesting article about S. American cooperation with the Malvinas, from an Argy point of view.

https://www.escenariomundial.com/2026/04/11/malvinas-la-brecha-entre-los-apoyos-diplomaticos-a-la-argentina-y-los-intereses-reales-que-muchos-paises-mantienen-con-reino-unido/

Google translate is pretty good these days, you more than get the jist of it.
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