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Since its start in 1982, COSPAS-SARSAT has been credited with supporting more than 50,000 rescues worldwide.
The solution will permit detect and locate distress signals in the air and at sea instantaneously, over a radius of 2,500 km.
After losing communications due to the bad weather, the pilot activated a personal locator beacon, while he circled a small area.
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Once on scene, the Coast Guard boat crew located the capsized vessel with just the bow remaining over the water.
The alarm was raised by other trampers who had a personal locator beacon, as there was not cellphone reception.
This solution offers interesting prospects for the deployment of second-generation beacon (maritime, aerial, or terrestrial domains)
The new beacons feature integrated AIS (Automatic Identification System), and Return Link Service (RLS) alerting.
Thanks to the EPIRB, Coast Guard rescue crews were able to locate the vessel in distress. No medical concerns were reported.
