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I have read that "mayday" the distress signal is taken from "m'aidez," French for "help me."

Q: Where did the expression MAYDAY come from?

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I have read that "mayday" the distress signal is taken from "m'aidez," French for "help me."

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The voice-announced distress call is "mayday mayday mayday".

It's not taken as a distress call unless it's spoken three times.

Its origin is the French "M'aidez" meaning "help me".

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1. SOS 2. MAYDAY (from the French`M`aider `- Help me

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The mayday transmission made by airplane pilots is a distress signal. MAYDAY spoken clearly indicates a pilot and/or aircraft in an emergency situation. Air Traffic Control then tells the pilot to switch to the emergency frequency 121.5.

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