Mayday

:Alternative meanings: May Day, Mayday (music), Mayday (album), May Day (James Bond).

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May Day - Mayday (music) - Mayday (album) - May Day (James Bond)

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Mayday is an emergency code word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure communications, intentionally derived from the French m'aidez (help me) in parallel with other international urgency calls like Seelonce or Securitay. (The correct French, if used as a command, would be aidez-moi rather than m'aidez.)

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Code word - Distress signal - Voice procedure - Derived from the French - Urgency calls

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It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency by many groups, such as police forces, pilots, the fire brigade, and transportation organizations such as the London Underground http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/about/report/chancery/chapter03.asp.

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Police - Pilots - Fire brigade - London Underground

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