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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chilling cockpit audio captured a United Airlines pilot declaring "Mayday" after an engine failed just minutes into a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A United Airlines flight carrying 230 people declared an emergency moments after taking off from Washington's Dulles International ...

A United Airlines pilot issued a mayday distress call after the Boeing 787 he was flying experienced engine failure shortly after taking off from Washington’s Dulles airport for Munich on July 25, ...

A search continued Monday for a small plane carrying six people who are presumed dead after the aircraft plunged into the ocean off Sunset Cliffs on Sunday shortly after the pilot reported that he was ...

NTSB prelim: engine loss and mayday after departing Columbia Pilot tried to land at White Plains; struck 65‑ft pines 1,000 ft from runway Cirrus SR22 parachute not deployed; passenger Andrew Frederick ...

Anxiety-inducing audio captured a United Airlines pilot calling “Mayday” when one of its engines failed moments after taking off for a trans-Atlantic flight. “Failure, engine failure, left engine,” ...