Emergency Communications

Question 1

What is an Urgency

Answer 1

A condition concerning the safety of an aircraft which doesn’t need immediate assistance.

Question 2

Urgency

Answer 2

Pan pan, pan pan, pan pan

Question 3

What is Distress

Answer 3

Threatened by serious and/or imminent danger

Question 4

What does TNIPLE

Answer 4

Type 
Nature of emergency
Intentions 
Position
Level of pilot quals
Endurance

Question 5

How do you relay a message?

Answer 5

Mayday relay, mayday relay, mayday relay
This is cranwell 49

Repeat message

What I’ll do to help
Cranwell 49

Question 6

What are the guard radio frequencies

Answer 6

243 121.5

Question 7

What is the practice pan frequency?

Answer 7

245.1 MHz

Question 8

What is a securite message?

Answer 8

Military safety broadcast

Question 9

What does the T stand for?

Answer 9

Type of aircraft

Question 10

What does the N stand for?

Answer 10

Nature of emergency

Question 11

What does the I stand for

Answer 11

Intentions

Question 12

What does the P stand for?

Answer 12

Position

Question 13

What does the L stand for?

Answer 13

Level of qualifications

Question 14

What does the E stand for?

Answer 14

Endurance

Question 15

What words can be omitted?

Answer 15

Knots 
Degrees
Visibility, cloud and height in MET
Over, Roger and height.
'hectopascal' unless under 1000Hpa

Question 16

What should anyone in distress do?

Answer 16

Use any means to:
Attract attention
Make known position
Obtain assistance

Question 17

What is Distress?

Answer 17

SERIOUS
IMMINENT DANGER
IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE

Question 18

what is urgency?

Answer 18

SAFETY of aircraft or person on board

DOESN’T REQUIRE immediate assistance