ED Decision 2016/023/R
ACTION BY THE AIRCRAFT IN DISTRESS
(a) The provisions may be supplemented by the following measures:
(1) the distress message of an aircraft in distress being made on the emergency frequency 121,5 MHz or another aeronautical mobile frequency, if considered necessary or desirable. Not all aeronautical stations maintain a continuous guard on the emergency frequency,
(2) the distress message of an aircraft in distress being broadcast if time and circumstances render this course preferable;
(3) the aircraft transmitting on the maritime mobile service radiotelephony calling frequencies;
(4) the aircraft using any means at its disposal to attract attention and make known its conditions (including the activation of the appropriate SSR mode and code);
(5) any station taking any means at its disposal to assist an aircraft in distress;
(6) any variation on the elements listed, when the transmitting station is not itself in distress, provided that such circumstance is clearly stated in the distress message.
(b) The ATS unit addressed will normally be that ATS unit communicating with the aircraft or in whose area of responsibility the aircraft is operating.
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