Flightradar24 reported that its web traffic increased to around 50 times normal, which caused some access congestion to users. In 2014, it was used by multiple major news outlets following several high-profile crashes: the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and in July 2014 after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, and in December when Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 went missing. The service received extensive exposure in 2010 when international media relied on it to describe the flight disruption over the north Atlantic and Europe caused by the EyjafjallajГ¶kull volcano eruptions. Aircraft located using satellite data are coloured blue on the map, and yellow if located by terrestrial receivers. ДЇrom 3 March 2020, ADS-B data collected by satellite was made available to all users. The service was opened in 2009, allowing anyone with a suitable ADS-B receiver to contribute data. The service was founded by two Swedish aviation enthusiasts in 2006 as and later Flygradar.nu for Northern and Central Europe. The Guardian considers the site to be 'authoritative.' The service is available via a web page or mobile device apps. It aggregates data from multiple sources, but, outside of the United States, mostly from crowdsourced information gathering by volunteers with ADS-B receivers and from satellite-based ADS-B receivers. It can also show time-lapse replays of previous tracks and historical flight data by airline, aircraft, aircraft type, area, or airport. It includes flight tracking information, origins and destinations, flight numbers, aircraft types, positions, altitudes, headings and speeds. Flightradar24 is a Swedish internet-based service that shows real-time commercial aircraft flight tracking information on a map.

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