Emergencies

Question 1

Give the elements of a distress message cancellation.

Answer 1

❅ ground station callsign

❅ own callsign

❅ cancel distress

❅ intentions or a request

Question 2

Which word, spoken three times, identifies a distress message?

Answer 2

Mayday.

Question 3

Which word, spoken three times, identifies an urgency message?

Answer 3

Pan-Pan.

Question 4

What is the international VHF emergency frequency?

Answer 4

121.5 MHz.

Question 5

Give the elements of an urgency message.

Answer 5

❅ Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan

❅ ground station callsign

❅ own callsign

❅ nature of the urgency

❅ position

❅ intentions or a request

Question 6

Define: urgency.

Answer 6

A condition concerning the safety of an aircraft or other vehicle, or of some person on board or within sight, but which does not require immediate assistance.

Question 7

What are the two levels of emergency?

Answer 7

Distress and urgency.

Question 8

Give the elements of a distress message.

Answer 8

❅ Mayday, Mayday, Mayday

❅ ground station callsign

❅ own callsign

❅ nature of the distress

❅ position

❅ intentions or a request

Question 9

Define: distress.

Answer 9

A condition of being threatened by serious and/or imminent danger and of requiring immediate assistance.