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distress phase
- Definição1
- A situation wherein there is a reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger and require immediate assistance.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. International civil aviation vocabulary. 3rd ed. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 9713)
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: DETRESFA.
- Nota Adicional2
- This phase begins when the fuel on board is considered to be exhausted or insufficient to enable the aircraft to land safely; information is received that indicates that the operating efficiency of the aircraft has been impaired to the extent that of forced landing is likely; or information is received that the aircraft is about to make, or has made, a forced landing.
- Subárea
- Safety
- Français
- phase de détresse