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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Two men are safe in Kapolei after abandoning ship in the waters off Molokai. Shortly before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a mayday call from the ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Qantas flight from Sydney landed safely in New Zealand on Friday after the pilots made a mayday call to report a potential fire in the cargo hold. Emergency services ...