(Steffen Braasch) wrote:

Good Morning,

perhaps somebody can help my here.

I´m looking for the ATC sound-file of the 1982 British Airways All
Engine Flame Out Incident . Especially the Mayday call.

I could use that very good for a small, non commercial presentation in
my classroom.

So far, google did nit help me.

perhaps anybody in this group can help me better.

Greetings from Europe

Steffen


Y'know, I get a kick out of this statement...although I've flown
in the busuness end of aircraft for 25-26 years while logging
13,000 hours of flying time, I've NEVER heard any pilot say
"Mayday" on air ever, not once in all that time!, not
once...everyone ALWAYS says (in a deep calm voice) "We're
declaring an emergency and returning to...."). Even the Alaska
Air aircraft which had the elevator trim stripped screwjack
problem which I just heard recently says calmly to ATC
"Ah...we're in a vertical dive here...ah...we'll give you a call
when we get it under control" (or words to that effect), calm...I
know Mayday is used in civil marine use (I even heard a real ship
SOS in Morse Code and followed the whole rescue operation between
a freighter and a US Coast Guard Station). Very interesting
indeed...

I know what the proper call is (I hold a commercial radio
operators license) but my point is that it isn't used from
aircraft (that I've ever heard)
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-Gord.
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