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The urgent distress call Pan Pan (the one down from Mayday for when there is no immediate risk to life), is it pronounced Pan as in Peter Pan, or Paahn, as in smarm?
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The urgent distress call Pan Pan (the one down from Mayday for when there is no immediate risk to life), is it pronounced Pan as in Peter Pan, or Paahn, as in smarm?
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All emergency code words, for use internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications, derive from French and so should be pronounced as the French would.
Pan-pan (from panne, �breakdown�) is pronounced with a short "a".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_phrases_us ed_by_English_speakers#French_phrases_in_inter national_air-sea_rescue
Pan-pan (from panne, �breakdown�) is pronounced with a short "a".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_phrases_us ed_by_English_speakers#French_phrases_in_inter national_air-sea_rescue
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