when an emergency exists or is imminent
- pursue the most appropriate course of action
- immediately report to the supervisor
distress (mayday)
being threatened by serious and/or imminent danger and of requiring immediate assistance
urgency (pan-pan)
concerned about safety and of requiring timely but not immediate assistance; a potential distress condition
If you are in doubt as to whether an emergency exists,
treat the situation as an emergency and inform your supervisor
an emergency can be declared by
- pilot
- facility personnel
- officials responsible for operation of a/c
consider an emergency to exist when:
- emergency is declared
- unexpected loss of radar contact and radio communications with IFR or VFR a/c
- reports indicate forced landing has been/might be made, crew has/will abandon a/c
- 7700 has been squawked
- ELT is heard/reported
When pilot requests or controller deems necessary enlist services of:
- available radar facilities
- military
who is responsible for receiving and relaying all pertinent ELT signal information to appropriate authorities?
ARTCCs
____ serve as central points for collecting and disseminating information on overdue/missing VFR a/c
FSSs
The facility in communication with an a/c in distress
- must handle emergency
- must coordinate
- may transfer responsibility to another facility only if better handling will result
When a foreign air carrier is involved, notify the ARTCC serving the ______ or ______ airport when either point is in the US to relay to the a/c operation
departure; destination
minimum information requirements for emergency
- a/c identification and type
- nature of emergency
- pilots desires
request a/c position if
- pilot has not given this information
- a/c is not visually sighted or displayed on radar
emergency frequencies
121.5, 243.0
assign code 7700 to an a/c when the pilot declares an emergency and the a/c is not
radar identified
consider the following factors when recommending an emergency airport
- remaining fuel
- wx conditions
- airport conditions
- navaid status
- a/c type
- pilots qualifications
coordinate all efforts possible to assist any a/c believed to be
- overdue
- lost
- in emergency status
when an ELT is heard or reported
- notify supervisor
- solicit assistance of other a/c operating in the signal area
consider an a/c to be overdue and issue an ALNOT when
- neither communications nor radar contact can be established and 30 min have passed since
ETA over specified or compulsory reporting point/clearance limit in your area or
clearance void time
the facility responsible must restrict/suspend IFR traffic for a period of ___ minutes following ____
30 minutes
- time at which apch was delivered to pilot
- efc time delivered to pilot
- arrival time over navaid serving dest airport
issue an ALNOT to all ARTCCs ____ miles either side of the route of flight from the last reported position to the destination
50
an ALNOT is cancelled when
- a/c has been located
- search has been abandoned
normal atc is resumed after the 30 min traffic suspension has expired. Pilot concurrence must be maintained for ____ after the suspension period has expired
30 min
use all appropriate means available to re-establish communications with the a/c including
- navaid voice features
- FSS
- other a/c
- ARINC
- emergency frequency
