It's essential that the pilot in trouble repeats the word as a means to limit any sort of confusion. There could be chatter ...

an aviation tracking specialist. A low pass typically allows air-traffic controllers on the ground to get visual confirmation for the pilots of the landing gear’s position. The mayday call from ...

8:59am: A pilot radioed the tower: "Mayday, mayday, mayday ... asked the chairman of the Korea Association for Aviation Security. "Was the decision to land in such a hurry a human error?" ...