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distress signal

An international signal used by a distressed ship or aircraft to request help.

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distress signal

(Nautical Terms) a signal by radio, Very light, etc from a ship or other vessel in need of immediate assistance

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distress signal - an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed

distress call

signal, signaling, sign - any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"

SOS - an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

Mayday - an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

Translations

segnale di pericolo

distress signal

n → segnale m di richiesta di soccorso

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Here, ready for instant lighting, was gathered a huge pile of dry branches, while from a lofty pole which they had set in the ground there floated an improvised distress signal fashioned from a red undershirt which belonged to the mate of the Kincaid.

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An official with the International Organization for Migration in Tunisia said the smuggling boat was coming from Libya when it sent a distress signal in international waters early Friday off the Tunisian coastal city of Sfaxe.

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TWO fisherman and their boat were rescued by a lifeboat crew after sending out a distress signal in the North Sea.

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The Colombian Civil Aviation Agency said on Saturday that no one survived in the incident after the DC-3 sent a distress signal. The plane was on an internal flight from the southern city of San Jose del Guaviare to the central city of Villavicencio, the agency said.

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A CLIMBER stuck on Ireland's highest mountain sent out a distress signal - and received help from 7,000km away.

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1906: SOS was established as an international distress signal, replacing the call sign CDQ.

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Released earlier this week, the GPS-based app, aptly called Distress Signal, would enable soldiers to push a button and immediately alert three different HQs: a special operational division in Tel Aviv dedicated to providing rapid response in cases of emergency; the closest division to the soldier's geographical location; and the soldier's unit.

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An Argentine-flagged fishing trawler went missing Saturday with a crew of nine aboard after sending a distress signal, authorities said.