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Ttwo men had managed to escape the sinking plane and climb inside a liferaft, fitted with a personal locator beacon.
The runner activated his personal locator beacon and he was winched out of the forest by the Westpac rescue helicopter.
Thanks to the two beacons onboard, however, the Coastguard was able to locate the yacht and begin the search and rescue mission.
The U.S. Coast Guard says boats start losing VHF radio range the further it goes out and an EPIRB or PLB helps find you in an emergency.
Watchstanders from two command centers received an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) at 51 miles south of Pascagoula.
The aircrew located the man by his EPIRB signal, hoisted, and transported him and another survivor to hospital in Ft. Myers,
NTSB concluded that EPIRBs would aid in search and rescue operations by providing updated coordinates of crewmembers’ locations.
The group activated a locator beacon they had with them, and an on-duty officer was notified of the hikers.
Disaster struck about 1.05pm, with the skipper of the boat activating an EPIRB device to alert authorities they were in trouble.
