John Heaton Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Qantas flight lands safely after mayday call over Pacific Ocean | Watch (msn.com) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigeaglefire Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 excellent aircrew procedures ending in a wonderful result! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilot100 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Unusual though, normally a single engine failure would be a PAN call, Mayday is for dire life threatening issues. As most (all) twin engine passenger jets can fly with a single engine then although the issue is serious it was not a Mayday - unless of course there were other issues. No doubt this will all come out in due course. As you say a wonderful result whatever the semantics. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 8 hours ago, pilot100 said: Unusual though, normally a single engine failure would be a PAN call, Mayday is for dire life threatening issues. As most (all) twin engine passenger jets can fly with a single engine then although the issue is serious it was not a Mayday - unless of course there were other issues. No doubt this will all come out in due course. As you say a wonderful result whatever the semantics. According to officials the captain altered the Maday into a PAN shortly after. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstove Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/19/2023 at 2:25 AM, pilot100 said: Unusual though, normally a single engine failure would be a PAN call, Mayday is for dire life threatening issues. As most (all) twin engine passenger jets can fly with a single engine then although the issue is serious it was not a Mayday - unless of course there were other issues. No doubt this will all come out in due course. As you say a wonderful result whatever the semantics. Normally it would be a mayday initially to get attention and let everyone know what’s going on and then downgrade to a pan if it’s all under control. Some countries don’t really recognise a pan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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