2006-12-30 01:14:37 · 11 answers · asked by jgsoto 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Comes from the french word m'aidez, which means "help me" and which is pronounced "mayday." Pilots and ship captains use this. Very easy to say and remember and describes a situation where help is needed immediately all with one short word. hope this helped:)
2006-12-30 01:20:33 · answer #1 · answered by giddiupj 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
To be clear, mayday is only to be used for immediately life threatening situations, your engines fail then you call mayday because you are going down now. For things that are important but aren't about to kill you right now you call "pan-pan" and if you just want to pass on information that everyone needs to have then the word is "securite".
Mayday: you are about to die
Pan: you are going to die if someone doesn't help
Securite: someone else is going to die if they get unlucky
2006-12-30 08:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Chris H 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's French for "Help Me!" Literally.
2006-12-30 07:53:35 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because it only hapends in the month of may
2006-12-31 00:01:32 · answer #4 · answered by Golly Geewiz 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it came from the french it basicly means i'm in trouble,come find me
2006-12-30 03:45:39 · answer #5 · answered by Braden 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you check it out they only say that on May 1st.
the guy's on ships say mayday all the time
2006-12-30 02:18:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
its the international standard of distress
no confusion
2006-12-30 01:16:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
the international call for help.
2006-12-30 02:47:33 · answer #8 · answered by Robin L 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayday_%28distress_signal%29
Here is the link, look it up.
2007-01-02 14:35:31 · answer #9 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
comes from the french for help me "m'aidez"
2006-12-30 01:15:45 · answer #10 · answered by splat 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋