pan-pan

American

[pahn-pahn] / ˈpɑnˈpɑn /

Sometimes pan

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.

Reduplication and alteration of French panne “breakdown, failure”

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