LISTEN: Mayday call from United Airlines Flight…

[Common Sense 1]

It's short but chilling. You don't hear Mayday calls very often. Thanks to the flight crew the aircraft safely landed.

A United Boeing 777 commercial jet experienced right engine failure after leaving Denver International Airport on Saturday. The jet turned back and made an emergency landing at DIA, as debris fell over Broomfield neighborhoods.

LISTEN: Mayday call from United Airlines Flight 328 before emergency landing at DIA

A United Boeing 777 commercial jet experienced right engine failure after leaving Denver International Airport on Saturday. The jet turned back and made an emergency landing at DIA, as debris fell …

www.denverpost.com

Mayday call from United flight 328 before emergency landing at DIA

 

[Crosscheck]

You often don't glance out the window next to your seat and see this.

 

[joko104]

You often don't glance out the window next to your seat and see this.

I suspect the response of most would be to be completely terrified.

 

[Robertinfremont]

It's short but chilling. You don't hear Mayday calls very often. Thanks to the flight crew the aircraft safely landed.

A United Boeing 777 commercial jet experienced right engine failure after leaving Denver International Airport on Saturday. The jet turned back and made an emergency landing at DIA, as debris fell over Broomfield neighborhoods.

LISTEN: Mayday call from United Airlines Flight 328 before emergency landing at DIA

A United Boeing 777 commercial jet experienced right engine failure after leaving Denver International Airport on Saturday. The jet turned back and made an emergency landing at DIA, as debris fell …

www.denverpost.com

Mayday call from United flight 328 before emergency landing at DIA

What is the purpose of Mayday Mayday one might ask.

Pilots facing an emergency must communicate quickly so Ground knows what happened and the needs of the Pilot. Mayday will alert close airports that a major problem exists. The Pilot gets priority treatment as a result.

This pilot was on the ball and got the airplane landed safely.

 

[radioman]

You often don't glance out the window next to your seat and see this.

Blown out engine on a plane.
Big deal.
That's not so scary.
But this...this is REALLY scary.....

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

What is the purpose of Mayday Mayday one might ask.

Pilots facing an emergency must communicate quickly so Ground knows what happened and the needs of the Pilot. Mayday will alert close airports that a major problem exists. The Pilot gets priority treatment as a result.

This pilot was on the ball and got the airplane landed safely.

The WORD ITSELF is very unique sounding, very few other words or phrases sound like "MAY DAY MAY DAY MAY DAY".
A word like "boogity boogity" would have worked just as well.
The idea behind this is the sounds of the words cutting through poor reception conditions and removing all doubt as to what the operator is saying. When you hear "mayday" it is simple, unique and hard to confuse with another word or phrase.

That's also why they say "NINER" instead of "NINE" because under heavy static "nine" can be confused with "five" and to make it even clearer, a lot of old school types say "fo-were" for "four" and "fiyuhv" (two syllables) for five instead of "five".
The phonetic alphabet was also born out of the need to be able to have the other party understand the accurate spelling of a name or word, hence "whiskey tango foxtrot" when spelling out "WTF".

Phonetic alphabet (NATO version, most often used)

 

[Crosscheck]

Thinking about those passengers, I was in the military in the early 70's flying on a commercial plane that had a near collision. Our plane had to suddenly take a steep climb.
And the reaction was surprising as the entire cabin of passengers went totally silent. There were no screams or yells. Just silence.
Once the plane leveled out everybody was quickly talking excitedly.

I can't even fathom what a cabin is like during a spiraling descent.

 

[justabubba]

 

[Grizzly Adams]

The WORD ITSELF is very unique sounding, very few other words or phrases sound like "MAY DAY MAY DAY MAY DAY".
A word like "boogity boogity" would have worked just as well.
The idea behind this is the sounds of the words cutting through poor reception conditions and removing all doubt as to what the operator is saying. When you hear "mayday" it is simple, unique and hard to confuse with another word or phrase.

Nay, this is the reason it is supposed to be repeated, not the reason for the word. The reason for the word is simply that it was devised by a British controller trying to come up with a word to signal an emergency. Since his traffic was mostly Channel-hopping aircraft, he settled on the word "mayday," deriving it from the French venez m'aider, ("come help me").

 

[Common Sense 1]

Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications.

It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by aviators and mariners, but in some countries local organizations such as firefighters, police forces, and transportation organizations also use the term. Convention requires the word be repeated three times in a row during the initial emergency declaration ("Mayday mayday mayday") to prevent it being mistaken for some similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions, and to distinguish an actual mayday call from a message about a mayday call.

Mayday - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Common Sense 1]

FAA demands emergency inspection of select Boeing 777s after midair explosion ripped engine into pieces
United Airlines, the only US operator with this type of engine in its fleet, said it would ground the affected planes immediately

FAA demands emergency inspection of select Boeing 777s after midair explosion ripped engine into pieces

Boeing says it recommends "suspending operations of the 69 in-service and 59 in-storage 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines until the FAA identifies the appropriate inspection protocol."

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[Crosscheck]

FAA demands emergency inspection of select Boeing 777s after midair explosion ripped engine into pieces
United Airlines, the only US operator with this type of engine in its fleet, said it would ground the affected planes immediately

FAA demands emergency inspection of select Boeing 777s after midair explosion ripped engine into pieces

Boeing says it recommends "suspending operations of the 69 in-service and 59 in-storage 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines until the FAA identifies the appropriate inspection protocol."

www.foxbusiness.com

That probably would be a good idea.

 

[bearpoker]

That probably would be a good idea.

This is the second Boeing aircraft to be grounded in the last few years. It makes you wonder.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

This is the second Boeing aircraft to be grounded in the last few years. It makes you wonder.

Not really. Completely different circumstances.

 

[Robertinfremont]

FAA demands emergency inspection of select Boeing 777s after midair explosion ripped engine into pieces
United Airlines, the only US operator with this type of engine in its fleet, said it would ground the affected planes immediately

FAA demands emergency inspection of select Boeing 777s after midair explosion ripped engine into pieces

Boeing says it recommends "suspending operations of the 69 in-service and 59 in-storage 777s powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines until the FAA identifies the appropriate inspection protocol."

www.foxbusiness.com

Boeing built 1653 777s so let's not get too scared and take it out on all 777s.

Few have the engine that caused the recent problem where the engine exploded.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Boeing built 1653 777s so let's not get too scared and take it out on all 777s.

Few have the engine that caused the recent problem where the engine exploded.

Let's not forget the fact that, in the 25 years of operational service, the 777 has seen precisely zero fatalities caused by flaws in the airplane itself. Every fatality has been a result of pilot error or an intentional action by a person.

The A340 has a zero-fatality record since its introduction in 1993. The 777 is only two years younger. Since Boeing has delivered more than four 777s for each A340 produced, the A340 ceased production in 2011 and the 777 is still rolling out of Everett and, again, has no fatalities attributable to itself, I would go so far as to suggest the 777 is quite possibly the safest airplane in history.

 

[Common Sense 1]

Boeing built 1653 777s so let's not get too scared and take it out on all 777s.

Few have the engine that caused the recent problem where the engine exploded.

I don't think people are scared just doing due diligence. I think a normal response for what happened.

 

[Peter]

Boeing are going through a really rough patch at the moment.

The Max problems are obvious but they're also have major issues with the US airforce tanker aircraft as well.
The airforce has repeatedly refused delivery of jets due to foreign objects being found left behind and them being deemed unsafe to fly.

Something is different at Boeing and they seem to have lowered standards to ramp-up production rates.