Originally Posted by
bobdxb
Pilot using PAN PAN call and then downgrading to all clear should have reported incident to the Company using Safety Report Form (my ex-company SOP required also tech log note of raised Safety Report in order to alert next crew about it), it could have saved lives of 189 ppl...
Has there been any confirmation on exactly which call JT610 made - MAYDAY or PAN? Or neither? In the Australian press one expert commentator is suggesting that a MAYDAY call for a UAS was a sure sign that the crew panicked. I've yet to see a confirmation that JT610 actually declared a MAYDAY.