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Lightning disabled its radios and telephones, forcing the crew to call for assistance using its emergency position indicating radio beacon.
The PLB, used when the wearer goes overboard or is in distress, was triggered by two divers who had become separated from their vessel.
A search and rescue mission had been activated when a Personal Locator Beacon signal was received near South Percy Island.
According to Vietnam MRCC, the agency received a distress alert from the Cospas-Sarsat international satellite search and rescue system.
The rescue was activated by the success of an EPIRB being set off at sea, which alerted the authorities.
As soon as the EPIRB hit the water, it automatically transmitted his position to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre.
Activating the PLB gave rescuers a precise location of the stranded group, enabling the appropriate resources to be deployed.
A mayday was issued, and the crew activated an emergency beacon before abandoning ship for a life-raft.
The EPIRB had been activated by the crew of a vessel that had overturned offshore, and they were successfully retrieved from the water.
