Filmmaker Rob Stewart dies off Alligator Reef

[Dan]

This PAN PAN thing has been discussed in page 6.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

I was searching for a photo of a dead horse being beaten....

 

[fsardone]

I was searching for a photo of a dead horse being beaten....

 

[tursiops]

It is pronounced as PAN PAN

LOL
That is exactly the problem! Telling me it is pronounced PAN PAN does not tell me how it is pronounced, it only tells me how it is spelled.

 

[Patoux01]

"Urgent communications are identified by "Pan-Pan" (pronounced Pahn-Pahn)."

"As with mayday (from venez m'aider, "come help me"), the emergency call pan-pan derives from French. In French, a panne ([pan], "pan") is a breakdown, such as a mechanical failure. In English, it is also sometimeS pronounced as /pæn/ ("pan").

A three-letter backronym, "possible assistance needed" or "pay attention now" is derived from "pan". It is used in maritime and aeronautical radio communications courses as a mnemonic to radio and communications operators, specifically to reaffirm the important difference between mayday and pan-pan emergency communications." (wikipedia)


OTOH, it won't matter too much as everybody will realize what you're trying to say anyway.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

One can also transmit "HELP"

 

[clownfishsydney]

LOL
That is exactly the problem! Telling me it is pronounced PAN PAN does not tell me how it is pronounced, it only tells me how it is spelled.

It tells you exactly how it is pronounced. Do you not cook on your stove using a pan?

 

[FloridaMan1974]

http://www.flkeysnews.com/news/local/article165951172.html

Medical Examiner rules Rob Stewart's cause of death as "drowning after succumbing to acute lack of oxygen — or hypoxia."

 

[Stoo]

No surprise there, but thanks for posting...

 

[cerich]

yup
Filmmaker Rob Stewart dies off Alligator Reef