2013 - Lost connection to MySQL server during query

SELECT shipping_status_name, shipping_status_image,shipping_status_id FROM shipping_status where language_id = '3'

[XT SQL Error]

2006 - MySQL server has gone away

select count(*) as total from sessions where sesskey = 'tds4t1hjnv2hl3clhppqjr3v71'

[XT SQL Error]