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The radiotelephony message PAN-PAN is the international standard urgency signal that someone aboard a boat, ship, aircraft, or other vehicle uses to declare that they need help and that the situation is urgent,[1][2][3] but for the time being, does not pose an immediate danger to anyone's life or to the vessel itself.[4] This is referred to as a state of "urgency". This is distinct from a mayday call (distress signal), which means that there is imminent danger to life or to the continued viability of the vessel itself.[5] Radioing "pan-pan" informs potential rescuers (including emergency services and other craft in the area) that an urgent problem exists, whereas "mayday" calls on them to drop all other activities and immediately begin a rescue.
The exact representation of PAN in Morse code is the urgency signal XXX, which was first defined by the International Radiotelegraph Convention of 1927.[6]
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- ^ District Eleven Response (dr). "Search and Rescue: Calling the Coast Guard". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ 1st Coast Guard District (6 September 2001). "Special Notice To Mariners" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "RIC-22 – General Radiotelephone Operating Procedures". ic.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11.
- ^ "RIC-22 – General Radiotelephone Operating Procedures". ic.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11.
- ^ "International Radiotelegraph Convention of Washington, 1927" (PDF). search.itu.int. pp. 87–88. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
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