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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.
A hiker used an emergency alert beacon to notify New Hampshire Fish & Game he needed help after suffering a medical incident
One of the hikers injured her foot and could not continue, so the pair set up camp and activated a PLB to send a signal to emergency responders.
A member of the crew activated an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), which pinged the boat 77 miles southeast of Savannah.
The project is studying a new search and rescue system for future human exploration on the surface of the moon, known as LunaSAR.
