To make sure their distress signal is understood and not confused with other transmissions, pilots say "Mayday" three times. This practice dates back to the early days of radio, when single calls ...

PIA spokesman Danyal Gilani said the aircraft's black box has been recovered but "it will take time to ascertain a reason of the crash". The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight smashed into a ...

The Air India flight from Ahmedabad to Gatwick carrying 242 passengers took off at 1.39 pm on Thursday. Photograph: CISF/ANI/X As it reached a height of 625 feet, the aircraft started going down. It ...

A United Airlines flight bound for Germany declared "mayday, mayday, mayday" with an engine failure last month, forcing the jet to hastily retreat to Washington, D.C ...

A British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency return to Sydney Airport following a mayday call from its pilot. Flight BA16 from Sydney to Singapore made a U-turn following “reports of a ...