Usage of "distress call"

An internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed.

Usage of distress call in English

A UN captain sent out a distress call and immediately signaled surrender. 
 Caliban's War 

He could hear the computer in the study chiming its distress call. 
 Under the dome: a novel 

Not smart enough to know a distress call when it sees one. 
 Year's best sf 15 

Ben Barka's suit began to broadcast immediately and indiscriminately-anall-banddistress call. 
 The Centauri Device 

Demo suddenly heard thrashing, mixed with the distress call of a bird. 
 The Tarn of Eternity 

The crew of three abandoned the Spailpeen Faineachafter issuing a distress call. 
 The Irish Times 

Fire alarms blared out, sending their distress call out into the night. 
 The Guardian 

The Viking Sky sent out a distress call after suffering engine failure. 
 BBC 

Something has gone wrong, however, and a distress call has been sent out. 
 Wired 

Now, one way or another, they were going to investigate that distress call. 
 The Cylons’ Secret 

Shortly after nine o'clock there was another distress call on the emergency frequency. 
 Miracle 

The space ore freighter Nostromo investigates a distress call on a distant planet. 
 Wired 

Nothing but the same distress call, repeated at the usual intervals. 
 The Complete Alien Omnibus 

He could listen for his rescuers, maybe even send out a distress call. 
 The Cylons’ Secret 

A coastal passenger ship off Hatteras sent out a frantic radio distress call. 
 The White Invaders 

If the ship was damaged, its own distress call would sound. 
 The truth of valor 

Meanings of distress call in English