Pull up is one of the most recognisable alerts from a modern airliner ground proximity warning system, which monitors an aircraft height above terrain and warns the crew to climb immediately. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a wide body trijet airliner developed in the late 1980s, carried such a system as part of its advanced cockpit. Recordings of its warning have circulated among aviation enthusiasts, flight simulator players and documentary makers, who reuse the sound because it instantly communicates danger without explanation. Its clipped synthetic delivery has made it a shorthand for an emergency in the air.