MAYDAY
A Syrian pilot streaking over the Mediterranean sends out a MAYDAY message: > > > >"This is Syrian Air Force # 174 announcing we have lost an engine and > >want to land at any airport in the Middle East OTHER than Israel!" No answer. > > > >A short while later he again announces, "This is Syrian Air Force # > >174. We have lost an engine and need to land at any airport in the > >Middle East OTHER than Israel!" Silence. > > > > >Finally the pilot shouts out, "Help! This is Syrian Air Force #174. > >We have lost an engine and the other is rapidly losing power. Unless > >we can land we are going to crash. We need permission to land at ANY > >airport in the Middle East INCLUDING Israel!" > > > >Shortly thereafter, a voice is heard in the Syrian cockpit: "Shalom > >Syrian Air Force # 174. This is Tel Aviv Approach Control. We would > >like to help." > > > >"Allah be praised," says the Syrian pilot. "Please gives me instructions." > > > >Control tower: "Yitgadal Viyit kadash Shimay Rahbah . . . "
A Syrian pilot streaking over the Mediterranean sends out a MAYDAY message: > > > >"This is Syrian Air Force # 174 announcing we have lost an engine and > >want to land at any airport in the Middle East OTHER than Israel!" No answer. > > > >A short while later he again announces, "This is Syrian Air Force # > >174. We have lost an engine and need to land at any airport in the > >Middle East OTHER than Israel!" Silence. > > > > >Finally the pilot shouts out, "Help! This is Syrian Air Force #174. > >We have lost an engine and the other is rapidly losing power. Unless > >we can land we are going to crash. We need permission to land at ANY > >airport in the Middle East INCLUDING Israel!" > > > >Shortly thereafter, a voice is heard in the Syrian cockpit: "Shalom > >Syrian Air Force # 174. This is Tel Aviv Approach Control. We would > >like to help." > > > >"Allah be praised," says the Syrian pilot. "Please gives me instructions." > > > >Control tower: "Yitgadal Viyit kadash Shimay Rahbah . . . "