flight urgency signal
1Mayday (distress signal) — Mayday is an emergency code word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications. It derives from the French venez m aider , meaning come help me . [ [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=mayday… …
2pan, pan — The international radiotelephony urgency signal. Preferably spoken three times, it indicates a safety concern with an aircraft or another vehicle, of some person on board, or of someone within sight not requiring immediate assistance. The words… …
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4China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
5Mayday — For other uses, see Mayday (disambiguation). A Mayday call might result in the activation of a lifeboat such as this Severn class lifeboat Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio… …
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9Pan-pan — A call of pan pan [http://www.tc.gc.ca/MarineSafety/TP/Tp9878/menu.htm#8 Safety and Distress Radiotelephone Procedures] ] means there is an emergency on board a boat, ship, aircraft or other vehicle but that, for the time being at least, there is …
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