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Based on the radio recordings, I wonder if the Captain would have had more immediate success with ATC if he had explicitly used the [seemingly?] recommended 'ma
by ShroudedNight 3y ago
Based on the radio recordings, I wonder if the Captain would have had more immediate success with ATC if he had explicitly used the [seemingly?] recommended 'mayday' phraseology.
- SoftTalker 3y agoYeah this comes up often as "mayday" is clear and short compared to the more usual American phraseology "I am declaring an emergency." I'm not sure why US avaiation has not changed that, but they have a lingo and seem to stick with it.
- Vecr 3y agoUS Pilots do use Mayday, but I'm not sure what the percent is. If you are squawking the emergency code you should at least use Pan-Pan, right?
- sitharus 3y agoIt’s not a mayday situation as there isn’t any immediate danger for a single failed engine. The captain should have used the phrase ‘pan-pan’, which indicates an urgent situation but no immediate danger to life or aircraft. Also squawk 7700 as said in the article, which highlights the aircraft on modern radar systems.
- somerandomqaguy 3y agoEh, PANPAN is fine, but AFAIK the FAA and it's international counterparts views the use of MAYDAY in even a single engine failure as entirely appropriate. Partly because the pilot cannot be certain that a single engine failure hasn't caused secondary damage, or that it's a not symptom of another deeper problem (i.e. running out of fuel). And in part because the FAA doesn't want pilots to hesitate calling MAYDAY and potentially making the situation worse by staying in the air longer then they absolutely have to.