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pan-pan
[ pahn-pahn ]
noun
- an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pan-pan1
Reduplication and alteration of French panne “breakdown, failure”
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