It is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications. It derives from the French venez m'aider, meaning "come help me".
It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by mariners and aviators but in some countries local organisations such as police forces, firefighters, and transportation organizations may also use the term. The call is always given three times in a row ("Mayday Mayday Mayday") to prevent mistaking it for some similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions, and to distinguish an actual Mayday call from a message about a Mayday call.
A mayday situation is one in which a vessel, aircraft, vehicle, or person is in grave and imminent danger and requires immediate assistance. Examples of "grave and imminent danger" in which a mayday call would be appropriate include fire, explosion or sinking.
Civilian aircraft in the UK and Europe are encouraged to use the following format:
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY; Name of station addressed; Aircraft callsign; Nature of emergency; Intentions of the pilot; Present position (including Altitude or Flight level); Pilot's qualifications; Any other useful information (number of souls on board.)
It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by mariners and aviators but in some countries local organisations such as police forces, firefighters, and transportation organizations may also use the term. The call is always given three times in a row ("Mayday Mayday Mayday") to prevent mistaking it for some similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions, and to distinguish an actual Mayday call from a message about a Mayday call.
A mayday situation is one in which a vessel, aircraft, vehicle, or person is in grave and imminent danger and requires immediate assistance. Examples of "grave and imminent danger" in which a mayday call would be appropriate include fire, explosion or sinking.
Civilian aircraft in the UK and Europe are encouraged to use the following format:
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY; Name of station addressed; Aircraft callsign; Nature of emergency; Intentions of the pilot; Present position (including Altitude or Flight level); Pilot's qualifications; Any other useful information (number of souls on board.)
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, this is NONSUCH, NONSUCH, NONSUCH. MAYDAY, NONSUCH. Position 54 25 North 016 33 West. My boat is on fire and sinking. I require immediate assistance. Four people on board, are taking a lifeboat. MAYDAY NONSUCH, OVER."
by ralook_blondy November 29, 2011
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The other people are wrong..
Mayday Parade vocals were made up of Derek Sanders and JASON LANCASTER, who left the band in April 2007 after recording A Lesson in Romantics. He is now in the band, Go Radio.
But.. Mayday Parade is still the best band ever!! And they are the sweetest guys you will ever meet.
Mayday Parade vocals were made up of Derek Sanders and JASON LANCASTER, who left the band in April 2007 after recording A Lesson in Romantics. He is now in the band, Go Radio.
But.. Mayday Parade is still the best band ever!! And they are the sweetest guys you will ever meet.
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by dreadlockjones919 August 25, 2011
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"Got your hands bound, your head down,
your eyes closed.
You look so precious now."
"What'll it take to get it through to you precious
Over this. Why do you wanna throw it away like this
Such a mess. I don't want to watch you."
"Don't fret precious I'm here,
step away from the window
and go back to sleep"
"Got your hands bound, your head down,
your eyes closed.
You look so precious now."
"What'll it take to get it through to you precious
Over this. Why do you wanna throw it away like this
Such a mess. I don't want to watch you."
"Don't fret precious I'm here,
step away from the window
and go back to sleep"
by hail-rock April 18, 2006
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by joe April 1, 2004
Get the Maynard James Keenan mug.Manayunk is a neighborhood in the NW section of Philadelphia where suburban white kids move to after college so that they can say that they live in Philadelphia without having to deal with the scary black people in North, South or West Philly or the trash in the Northeast.
After getting his marketing degree from West Chester, Brad finally moved out of his parents' house in King of Prussia and into Manayunk. Boy does he love blondes and shitty beer.
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