One special case of "pan-pan" is to ask for medical advice.

The crew was able to effect a safe landing after declaring a Pan-pan.

Otherwise, urgent signals such as pan-pan can be sent.

Pan-pan: This is the second most important call.

A "pan-pan medico" call was recommended if someone becomes injured or in need of medical help at sea.

Pan-pan, international radio call for an emergency posing no imminent danger

Pan-pan, a radio distress call similar to but weaker than Mayday

"Pan-pan medico" is no longer in official use.

Channel 16 is used for broadcasting distress calls such as mayday, pan-pan, securité or other urgent safety messages.

The phrase "pan-pan medico" is used in some older reference books, but is no longer in official use.

Alternatively, as part of the "pan-pan" call the skipper may request a tow from a suitable vessel, if possible, but without immediate urgency.

As with mayday (from m'aidez, "help me"), the emergency call pan-pan derives from French.

"The captain raised a pan-pan [emergency call] with the coastguard and a full search was conducted of the vessel.

Pan-pan - Maritime/aviation urgency call.

Ian initiates a Pan-Pan urgency broadcast to shipping and requests the nearest lifeboat to launch.

Also featured are Casanova Wong and Pan-pan Yeung.

The game also includes such characters as a pile of rocks, a gumball machine, and a kung fu panda named Pan-Pan.

Mayday, pan-pan, securite

I used my hand held radio calling Pan-Pan all ships, but I soon managed to get up some sail and made out to sea quick as lick.

However, ICAO recommends the use of the standard "Pan-pan" and "Mayday" calls instead of "declaring an emergency".

His first properly "Dadaist" work, Pan-Pan au Cul du Nu Nègre was published in 1920.

Using a set of international "calling" procedures such as the "Mayday" distress call, the "Pan-pan" urgency call and "Sécurité" navigational hazard call.

For TTT the equivalent audio signals are "Pan-pan" for urgency and "Securite" for navigational safety.

It is suggested the expression came from the abonnés playfully patting the back of the tulle dress with the saying pan-pan cucul (French for I'll spank your bottom).

Qantas Flight 32 issued a pan-pan when one of its four engines suffered an uncontained engine failure shortly after take-off in a flight from Singapore to Sydney.