Moments before the crash, the pilot issued a Mayday call to Air Traffic Control (ATC), indicating a critical emergency ...

Today is May Day, that historical day when we celebrate the toiling workers across the world who keep the global economy ...

We often picture a Mayday as a desperate cry from a plane in trouble — a pilot’s voice strained with fear, broadcasting an urgent distress signal. It’s a dramatic, life-or-death scenario. But the ...

A United Airlines pilot issued a mayday distress call after the Boeing 787 he was flying experienced engine failure shortly after taking off from Washington’s Dulles airport for Munich on July 25, ...