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The helicopter was on an otherwise normal approach to Sumburgh Airport, [1] when at 18:17–18:20 local time, the aircraft lost contact with air traffic control. No mayday was sent out by the pilots as they attempted to make a controlled ditching into the North Sea, 1.5 [1]-2 nm west from Sumburgh.
It was the first major commercial passenger flight accident in the U.S. in nearly 16 years, following Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009. It was also the first fatal crash involving American Airlines since Flight 587 on November 12, 2001, [ 49 ] as well as the first fatal crash of a CRJ700 series aircraft. [ 50 ]
The Tui flight then declared "Mayday, mayday, mayday fuel". Flight data monitoring found that Birmingham cleared another aircraft to land ahead of it, adding 25 nautical miles to its holding pattern.
Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications.. It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by aviators and mariners, but in some countries local organizations such as firefighters, police forces, and transportation organizations also use the term.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the fatal collision, is also probing the passenger jet, flight paths and air traffic control operations.
KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 collide on the runway in thick fog during the KLM aircraft's attempt to take off, killing 583 people. Note: This accident was previously shown on the 2005 "Crash of the Century" special. [9] Although the program is not regarded as a Mayday episode, Cineflix used the footage on a few episodes of Mayday.
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[1] [2] FAA paused all flight departures between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. ET. [2] Flights already in the air were allowed to continue to their destinations. [1] Around 8:30 am. ET, flights were beginning to resume departures. [1] The outage was the first time since September 11, 2001, that the FAA issued a nationwide ground stop in the United ...