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Emergency & Warning Signals Flashcards

1
Q

What are the 2 phases of emergency?

A

Distress

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2
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What phase is a Mayday?

A

Distress

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3
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What is an urgency call?

A

Pan-Pan

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4
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What is a Mayday

A

A situation in which a vessel, aircraft, vehicle or person is in grave and imminent danger and requires immediate assistance

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5
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Define Pan-Pan

A

An emergency on board a aircraft, but that, for the time being at least, there is no immediate danger to anyone’s life or to the aircraft itself.

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6
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What ways can a distress/urgency and safety signals be communicated?

A

RT = Mayday

Morse code

Flare gun (Red Mayday/ white pyrotechnic)

Flare in a parachute

SQK

Switching landing/navigation lights on an off

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7
Q

What does a green pyrotechnic (steady/flashing)mean by day from the aircraft ?

A

May I land in a different direction form the T

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What does a green pyrotechnic (steady/flashing) from the a/c mean by night?

A

May I land

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9
Q

What device is used for ground signals to aircraft?

A

An

ALDIS lamp or similar device

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10
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What does a steady red light mean?

A

Give way to other a/c and continue circling

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11
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What does a Red pyrotechnic mean?

A

Not withstanding any previous instructions, do not land for the time being.

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12
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What does a flashing red light mean?

To aircraft in the sky?

A

Do not land at the AD

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13
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What does a flashing red light mean?

To aircraft/vehicles on the ground?

A

Move clear of landing area

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14
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What does a steady green light mean to aircraft in the sky?

A

Cleared to land

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15
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What does a steady green light mean to a/c on the ground?

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Cleared to taxi

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16
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What does a flashing white light to aircraft/vehicle on land mean?

A

Return to starting point on AD

17
Q

What does a flashing white light to aircraft in flight?

A

Land at this AD and proceed to apron (land and taxi instructions to follow)

18
Q

An aircraft in flight shall Acknowledge signals by :

A

Rocking wings except base and final
(in daylight)

Flashing on and off twice the aircraft’s landing lights (or nav lights if landing lights not equipped)
[at night]

19
Q

An aircraft on the ground shall acknowledge signals by?

A

Moving ailerons or rudder
(During day)

Flashing on and off landing or nav lights if landing not equipped.
(Hours of darkness)

ATM (30 decks)

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