Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
Has anyone here ever used the emergency call PAN PAN PAN in an
aircraft?

I remember that Swissair Flight 111 that crashed off Halifax in 1998
(?) used it. Looking up the details, it went something like this:

10:14PM - "Swissair 111 heavy is declaring Pan Pan Pan. We have smoke
in the cockpit, request deviate immediate right turn to a convenient
place. I guess Boston,"

10:24PM - "We are declaring an Emergency.... We have to land
immediately."

10:30PM - crashes into the water

They were only ten minutes from landing, but had spent much more time
than that dumping fuel as per the book.

Kev