Mayday Call: Air India flight to London in Ahmedabad The flight, which had 242 people on board, including the crew, has crashed. After this incident, a wave of mourning has spread across the country. With this accident, important information related to the flight has come to light. One of them is the Mayday call made by the pilot.
The word “Mayday” is used by pilots in times of emergency. This word is the English version of a French word which literally means “help me”. According to initial information, this signal was given to ATC by the pilot before the Air India plane crashed.
A flight from Ahmedabad to London crashed just minutes after takeoff. There were 242 people on board the flight at the time of the accident. According to information revealed about the flight, before the accident, a signal was sent from the pilot of the flight to the nearby ATC. In which the fear of danger was expressed. The flight crashed within seconds of it.
When is the word Mayday used?
Any flight has a Mayday call, an emergency message. This message is given by the pilot when the aircraft is in danger, such as an engine failure, a fire in the aircraft, or a mid-air collision. If the lives of passengers or crew are in danger, the pilot uses this message to alert traffic control and nearby aircraft that they need help.
Apart from this, when the plane is in danger and the lives of all the passengers are in danger or the pilot has no other option, he makes a distress call to the airport center. As soon as the call is connected, the pilot says the word Mayday three times. So that the person receiving the call becomes alert and listens carefully to the further information. The word Mayday started being said in an emergency since 1920. This word was first used by a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London.
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