Emergency/Urgency Communications

Question 1

What is Distress?

Answer 1

a condition of being threatened by grave and/or imminent danger and requiring immediate assistance

Question 2

What is Urgency?

Answer 2

a condition concerning the safety of an aircraft or other vehicle, or of someone on board or within sight but which does not require immediate assistance

Question 3

A distress in spoken words (and is repeated 3 times) is?

Answer 3

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

Question 4

Distress signal indicates that a person or station sending the signal is?

Answer 4

1. threatened by grave and imminent danger and requires immediate assistance
2. aware that an aircraft, ship or other vehicle is threatened by grave and imminent danger and requires immediate assistance

Question 5

Acknowledging MAYDAY is then used?

Answer 5

RECEIVED MAYDAY

Question 6

To repeat distress what word is spoken?

Answer 6

MAYDAY RELAY (three times)

Question 7

To silent all stations used?

Answer 7

SEELONCE MAYDAY or SEELONCE DISTRESS

Question 8

Procedure of Cancellation of Distress

Answer 8

1. the distress signal MAYDAY
2. the words HELLO ALL STATIONS (3 times)
3. the words THIS IS
4. the call sign of the station transmitting the message
5. the filing time of the message
   6 the call sign of the station in distress (once)
6. the words SEELONCE FEENEE

Question 9

An urgency in spoken words (3 times) is?

Answer 9

PAN PAN (3 times)

Question 10

Procedure of Urgency Message

Answer 10

1. the urgency signal PAN PAN (3 times)
2. the name of the station addressed or the words ALL STATIONS (3 times)
3. the words THIS IS
4. the identification of the aircraft
5. the nature of the urgency condition
6. the intentions of the person in command
7. the present position, flight level or altitude and the heading
8. any other useful information