The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane ( PK-8303) carrying 91 passengers and eight crew members crash-landed near the Karachi airport. In the last conversation, the pilot of ill fated plane said that they had “lost two engines”. Several seconds later he called “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday” and there was no further communication.
- Mayday is the word used around the world to make a distress call via radio communications.
- The calling signals a life-threatening emergency, usually on a ship or a plane, although it may be used in a variety of other situations.
- A typical distress call will start with the word “Mayday” being said three times in a row so that it is not mistaken for another similar-sounding word or phrase.
