What is the definition of urgency? A condition…
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of being threatened by serious and/or imminent danger and of requiring immediate assistance.
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concerning the attitude of an aircraft when intercepting the localizer during an ILS approach which does not require immediate assistance.
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C
concerning the safety of a person on board or within sight and requiring immediate assistance.
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D
concerning the safety of an aircraft other vehicles or of a person on board, but which does not require immediate assistance.
A distress situation is by definition a condition of being threatened by serious and/or imminent danger and of requiring immediate assistance. A distress situation needs immediate assistance and this is the difference between distress and urgency (urgency does not require immediate assistance).
If a pilot of an aircraft encounters an emergency, this situation shall be indicated by a radio call starting with the phrase "MAYDAY" spoken three times. In a distress situation, the pilots shall transmit the distress call on the air-ground frequency currently in use.
Urgency is defined as a condition concerning the safety of an aircraft or other vehicle, or of some person on board or within sight, but which does not require immediate assistance.
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