New details suggest that there were communication issues between the pilots of a charter flight and the control tower at ...

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday ... 87 passengers and seven crew members had put in a 'Pan Pan' emergency call - a message alerting air traffic control of an urgent but non-emergency situation - over ...

The over-the-air broadcasts reviewed by Noovo ... is the less urgent equivalent of Mayday to signal a non-life-threatening emergency. The Mirabel control tower was allegedly not informed of ...

A mayday call informs the United States Coast Guard, local emergency officials and other ... in case of emergencies such as running out of air, getting lost or trapped, or seriously injured.