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According to Chaffee County Search and Rescue Nort, the hiker had a personal locator beacon that could send out a distress signal.
The Rescue Coordination Centre was alerted after a Personal Locator Beacon was activated at about 11.45am.
Tasmania Police say they received a notification indicating that a distress beacon had been activated from a vessel off the coast of Seymour.
A man and his son were on-board and advised by Water Police to activate their EPIRB, as the vessel was taking on water.
A distress beacon was activated overnight, prompting authorities to task NSW Ambulance and the chopper to the incident.
The man was rescued by the Northern Territory Police after the activating his emergency beacon.
The pair sent out a distress call and were instructed to activate their EPIRB, which notified the Rescue Coordination Centre.
About 10pm, police were alerted to the activation of a Personal Locator Beacon on the Overland Track near the Bert Nichols Hut.
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter 3 was alerted around 10.30am Wednesday after a distress beacon had been set off near Shoe Island
