To make sure their distress signal is understood and not confused with other transmissions, pilots say "Mayday" three times. This practice dates back to the early days of radio, when single calls ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge after receiving a mayday call late Thursday afternoon. A Coast Guard spokesperson said ...

A United Airlines flight bound for Germany declared "mayday, mayday, mayday" with an engine failure last month, forcing the jet to hastily retreat to Washington, D.C., tower recordings and the carrier ...

The Coast Guard rescued two men after a fishing vessel began taking on water offshore Molokaʻi Wednesday. A Coast Guard MH-65 ...

A United Airlines pilot issued a mayday distress call after the Boeing 787 he was flying experienced engine failure shortly after taking off from Washington’s Dulles airport for Munich on July 25, ...

A Country Fire Authority crew was forced to call for help after their tanker broke down while fighting an emergency level ...

An Air India flight made a 'Mayday fuel' call after being delayed in bad weather. The flight, carrying 149 passengers, was ...

A British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency return to Sydney Airport following a mayday call from its pilot. Flight BA16 from Sydney to Singapore made a U-turn following “reports of a ...