A pilot saying "Mayday" three times in succession is globally recognized as the aviation distress call. The word has its roots in the French language as it comes from the phrase "m'aider," which ...

After mayday distress call late Friday morning, a firefighter and all building occupants escaped. The firefighter was ...

where one of the firefighters lost his bearings in the smoky fire and called “Mayday,” an emergency call for firefighters in distress. Another team of firefighters were able to find him and ...

The mayday was called when the MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker was hit by the container ship MV Solong off the East Yorkshire coast with crews abandoning both ships ...

Crews abandoned ships when the MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker was hit by the container ship MV Solong off the East Yorkshire ...

A mayday call is the international signal to notify life-threatening distress. They are limited to use in the case of ‘grave and imminent danger to a vessel or persons, such as fire, sinking ...

This is the dramatic distress call made by the coastguard asking ... They must have sent a mayday out. There has been a flotilla of ambulances [at the dock] to pick up anyone they can find.' ...

As the plane climbed away, the crew issued a distress call to Birmingham radar, stating 'TOM173 MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY, TOM173 MAYDAY FUEL'. Following instructions to climb to 4,000ft and then make ...

The incident remains ongoing." According to the Royal Yachting Association, a mayday call is an international signal "to notify life-threatening distress." A mayday call can only be made in the case ...