mayday

The pilot radioed a mayday signal before the plane crashed.

The ship sent out a mayday distress call when it started sinking.

The hiker used a mayday whistle to signal for help.

The mayday call was heard by the coast guard who immediately dispatched a rescue team.

A mayday situation requires quick and efficient response.

The pilot declared a mayday emergency due to engine failure.

The mayday signal was picked up by a passing ship.

The stranded sailors sent out a mayday call from their life raft.

A mayday situation demands immediate attention and action.

The lost hiker used a mirror to reflect sunlight and create a mayday signal.

Frederick Stanley Mockford created the mayday call signal in the nineteen twenties.

A mayday call would also be made over the radio.

We received a mayday call from Hannah Wells last night.

But how did this Mayday Mayday mayday Come to mean this?

Mayday, mayday. Come in, Star Command. Send reinforcements. Star Command, do you copy?

Much of the air traffic at that time was between Croydon Airport and Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France. So he proposed the word mayday.

The international distress call is actually French for help me mayday, but the word wasn't always the official call for help.

As soon as that mayday message came in on the radio, the Coast Guard responded quickly knowing it was an urgent situation.

Thinking back to that spring of 1970, I'm reminded of four Yale college students, who with others, played a pivotal role in the mayday events.

The pilot gets on his radio and calls " mayday, mayday, mayday" to tell that his plane is in danger of crashing to the ground.