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The group decided to use their PLB, and the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was immediately dispatched to the scene to investigate.
Today’s technology allows more beacons to be operated simultaneously and enables rescues in robust environments with pin-point accuracy.
Safran enhanced this functionality with its new generations of PLBs, further improving the safety of armed forces and civilian operators.
Having all local fishing vessels install an AIS would make it easier to keep Chinese speedboat incursions from happening.
In the second incident, police were alerted to a personal locator beacon activation near the summit of the mountain.
He survived because of a life jacket, his emergency position indicating locator beacon, and a cooler.
A party of six trampers activated their distress beacon, which provided necessary details for the rescue operation,
In the second mission, the impact of the crash activated the plane’s 406-MHz emergency locator transmitter.
The rescue team were able to determine the man's exact location due to the emergency beacon activation.
