Editing Mayday (section)

===Pan-pan===
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"[[Pan-pan]]" (from the French: ''{{lang|fr|panne}}'', 'a breakdown') indicates an urgent situation, such as a mechanical failure or a medical problem, of a lower order than a "grave and imminent threat requiring immediate assistance". The suffix "medico" originally was to be added by vessels in British waters to indicate a medical problem ("pan-pan medico", repeated three times), or by aircraft declaring a non-life-threatening medical emergency of a passenger in flight, or those operating as protected medical transport in accordance with the [[Geneva Conventions]].<ref>ICAO Annex 10 V2 Section 5.3</ref> "Pan-pan medico" is no longer in official use.<ref name="Tim Bartlett 2009 53">{{cite book|title=VHF handbook|author=Tim Bartlett|publisher=The Royal Yachting Association|year=2009|page=53|location=Southampton|isbn=978-1-905104-03-1}}</ref>