mayday

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A short time later a mayday was received and the pilot indicated he was going to ditch the helicopter in the ocean.

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  1. noun An international radiotelephone signal word used by aircraft and ships in distress.

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  • “U.S. Coast Guard cutter, U.S. Coast Guard cutter, this is the fishing vessel Terra Dawn, mayday, mayday, mayday.” Ops keyed the mike. —  Blindfold Game
  • "Mayday, mayday," Helva replied in a jolting soprano on both tight beam and the Aliothite contact band. —  The Ship Who Sang
  • Avril was at Big Island; she had not even responded to the mayday, or to the more recent recall to Landing for pilot duty. —  Dragons Dawn
  • Yet as soon as Manny heard a familiar voice coming through the transceiver— "Mayday, mayday, is anyone there?" —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2007
  • Gray spoke rapidly, calling a mayday into central command. —  The Last Oracle by James Rollins
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  1. From French (venez) m'aider, (come) help me!.
 

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