maydays
Urgent radio pleas
Maydays is the plural of mayday, the international distress signal used by ships and aircraft in emergencies.
The word comes from French *m'aider* (help me).
A mayday call indicates imminent danger to life: The pilot issued three maydays before the radio went silent.
Figuratively, maydays can describe any urgent cries for help: The department's budget maydays went unheeded.
Alert requesting urgent aid
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- lifeboatEmergency vessel for survivors
- flaresPyrotechnic distress signals
- coastguardSeafaring emergency responders
seafarer · vessel · lighthouse · ocean · sailor · sinking · capsizing · abandon ship
Save from harm
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- survivorsThose still alive after
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
paramedics · ambulance · helicopter · firefighters · crisis · disaster · emergency services · triage
Urgent plea for aid
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- air traffic controlManaging aircraft separation and movement
- transponderSignal-activated transmitter
radio · aircraft · flight · altitude · radar · control tower · navigation · emergency landing
distress signal
Alert requesting urgent aid
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- lifeboatEmergency vessel for survivors
- flaresPyrotechnic distress signals
coastguard · seafarer · vessel · lighthouse · ocean · sailor · sinking · capsizing · abandon ship · man overboard
rescue
Save from harm
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- survivorsThose still alive after
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
search and rescue · paramedics · ambulance · helicopter · firefighters · crisis · disaster · emergency services · triage · stretcher
distress call
Urgent plea for aid
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- air traffic controlManaging aircraft separation and movement
transponder · radio · aircraft · flight · altitude · radar · control tower · navigation · emergency landing · turbulence
distress
Severe anxiety or suffering
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
life-threatening · imminent · desperate · dire · peril · danger · time-sensitive · crisis · immediate · rapid response
maydaysrescues
Frees from danger
salvations · safe harbors · survivals · groundings · homecomings
- mayday callSpoken emergency distress signal
- mayday signalUrgent distress transmission