I don’t get it, twice in my life I’ve had to declare a pan, the person at the other end instantly knew I was in trouble, but it could be dealt with.
I’ve always thought of Mayday being a word which means “I’m in real trouble I’m going to have to do whatever I like for a bit, I expect you to facilitate that”.
Was this a Mayday situation anyway?
I suppose at the time they didn’t know it was a door plug and not structurally significant.
I’d probably have used the M word and debated that afterwards.