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Pan-pan

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004120

An international urgency signal used in radiotelephone communications to indicate a situation that is serious but does not pose an immediate, grave danger to a vessel or person. The call, repeated three times, has priority over all other communications except for a mayday distress call. Situations warranting a pan-pan call include mechanical failure, a non-life-threatening medical issue, or being lost but not in immediate peril.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004120
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMarine and shipyard
TranslationsGerman: pan-pan; Spanish: pan-pan; French: pan-pan
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004120",
  "term": "Pan-pan",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An international urgency signal used in radiotelephone communications to indicate a situation that is serious but does not pose an immediate, grave danger to a vessel or person. The call, repeated three times, has priority over all other communications except for a mayday distress call. Situations warranting a pan-pan call include mechanical failure, a non-life-threatening medical issue, or being lost but not in immediate peril.",
  "subject": "Marine and shipyard",
  "translations": {
    "de": "pan-pan",
    "es": "pan-pan",
    "fr": "pan-pan"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/pan-pan/"
}

Record 4,490 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.