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 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 ...

A missing 15-year-old was found dead in a ravine and authorities are looking for the semitruck that may have hit him. (Source: WXII via CNN Newsource) We get to put away the rain gear for a brief ...