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Coast Guard watchstanders received a distress signal from a personal locator beacon (PLB) registered to the catamaran vessel.
Thankfully, one of the members of their group had a PLB and called for help in the remote area of the forest, which had no cellphone coverage.
Crews say they responded to the disabled boat after the person's locator beacon alerted the watchstanders.
The crew’s ordeal began when their EPIRB was activated, prompting a swift rescue mission coordinated by MRCC.
The climber set off his personal locator beacon on the top of Boys Glacier after he was injured in a fall.
The EPIRB was automatically activated and provided rescuers precise coordinates to begin the search.
USCG command center received a distress signal from a personal locator beacon (PLB) on the Australian-flagged sailing vessel.Â
The boaters reported that their vessel was sinking and activated an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon.
USCG received a notification from an emergency beacon activated by the dive boat crewmembers vessel when he didn’t resurface.
