Emergencies (20-07-18)

Question 1

What is the definition of a distress situation?

Answer 1

a condition of being threatened by a serious and/or imminent danger requireing immediate assistance

Question 2

What is the phrase for a distress condition?

Answer 2

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday

Question 3

What frequency should be used to transmit a distress call?

Answer 3

the frequency in use or 121.5 MHz if unable to contact station in use

Question 4

Who should acknowledge a distress transmission?

Answer 4

should be the ATC but if not then any station receiving the message

Question 5

What should other A/C on the same fcy of an A/C in distress do regarding transmissions?

Answer 5

not speak unless relaying/helping

(try not to interfere)

Question 6

what is the transmission procedure for a distress call?

Answer 6

MTMT NIP QP

1) Mayday Mayday Mayday
2) Their callsign
3) My callsign
4) Type of A/C
5) Nature of distress
6) Intentions
7) position, level and heading of A/C
8) Qualifications (UK only)
9) POB

Question 7

What phrase is used by tower to impose radio silence?

Answer 7

‘all stations stop transmitting, MAYDAY’

Question 8

How do A/C and ATC signify then end of distress?

Answer 8

ATC - ‘all stations, distress traffic ended’

A/C - ‘cancel distress’

Question 9

How is an urgency condition defined?

Answer 9

a condition concerning the safety of an A/C or other vehicle or of some person on board or within sigh but which does not require immmediate assistance

Question 10

What is the transmission procedure for an urgent condition?

Answer 10

PTMT NIP QP

1) PAN PAN, PAN PAN, PAN PAN
2) Their call sign
3) My call sign
4) Type
5) Nature of distress
6) Intentions
7) Position, level and hdg of A/C
8) Qualifications (UK only)
9) POB

Question 11

What defined the conditions for a PAN PAN medical?

Answer 11

the Geneva convention in 1949

Question 12

What are the priorities of messages?

Answer 12

1) Distress
2) Urgency
3) Comms relating to direction finding
4) Flight safety messages
5) Met messages
6) Flight regularity messages

Question 13

What are flight safety messages?

Answer 13

any movement instructions (hdg/spd/alt)

messages from operator or A/C that are of immediate concern for an A/C in flight

met advice of immediate concern to A/C

other messages concerning A/C in flight or about to depart

Question 14

What are classified as met messages?

Answer 14

Any met information not considered of immediate concern to A/C

Question 15

What are flight regularity messages?

Answer 15

messages relating to general operation of A/C including:

scheduling

servicing

maintenance

Question 16

What is SELCARs?

Answer 16

Selective calling

eradicates the need for constant listening

must be confirmed with each new ATSU

Question 17

What is ACARS?

Answer 17

A/C Communications Addressing and Reorting System

VHF datalink between A/C and ground stations

used to send weather info, flight plans and other admin messages to A/C whilst still on the ground

can be used while airborne