Call it Ryanairing on empty. A Ryanair flight was forced to make an emergency landing after coming within minutes of running out of fuel in flight. “Everything was fine until we started our descent,” ...

Just before a fatal Air India crash in Ahmedabad, the pilot signaled 'MAYDAY' indicating a critical emergency. Pilots and air ...

To make sure their distress signal is understood and not confused with other transmissions, pilots say "Mayday" three times. This practice dates back to the early days of radio, when single calls ...

A Qantas flight from Auckland has landed safely in Sydney after a mayday alert was issued on Wednesday afternoon. A huge ...