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14 Cards in this Set
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State the two states of Emergency |
Distress: "MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY" Urgency: "PANPAN x32 |
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What information should a pilot provide when reporting an Emergency? |
Callsign Aircraft Type Nature of Emergency Captain's intentions Position, flight level/Altitude and heading |
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What two frequencies should Emergencies be declared on? |
243.0 MHz (UHF) 121.5 MHz (VHF) |
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Who provides 24/7 Emergency aid and fixer service? |
Distress and Diversion cell (D&D) |
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State the Speechless Procedure when in an Emergency |
4 clicks (dots) in Morse- "Request Homing"
1 click- yes/acknowledgement
2 clicks- no
3 clicks- request to say again
The letter X in Morse indicates an additional or greater degree of emergency |
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Describe Auto-Triangulation |
Used by D&D to fix the position of an Air System in an Emergency Achieved by direction finding (DF) traces from various sites around the UK |
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What must a pilot do if the Emergency conditions cease to exist? |
Immediately transmit a message on the frequency or frequencies which the emergency transmission was made, cancelling the original call |
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What frequencies are practice PANs carried out> |
243.0 MHz UHF 121.5 MHz VHF |
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List 3 types of Emergency communications |
Crash Telephone (Yellow phone dotted around a camp Secure Management Radio Equipment (SMRE) Station Broadcast System |
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List the different types of Safety Service Vehicles |
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List the 3 states of readiness |
STATE 1 STATE 1 STATE 1 A crash on, or seen from, the Aerodrome Emergency State 2 An incident where doubt exists regarding the safety of the or its occupants, or to anticipate a STATE 1- Fire vehicles and ambulance are deployed to the incident or pre-arranged locations on the Aerodrome Emergency State 3 A precautionary measure to cater for a possible incident on the Aerodrome, or when an aircraft has crashed off an Aerodrome andthe position is unknown- Crash Rescue Services are manned with engines running at normal locations |
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Where must enquiries regarding an aircraft incident be redirected? |
Community Relations Officer (CRO) |
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What information must a FOA relay over the station tannoy system in the even of an aircraft incident? |
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What informantion should be obtained from members of the public in the event of an aircraft incident? |
Name Telephone Number Address Nature of incident Location Time of Incident - Then inform your Supervisor |