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Two men in their 20s have been rescued at Dreamtime Beach after a woman activated the Emergency Response Beacon (ERB)
Ttwo men had managed to escape the sinking plane and climb inside a liferaft, fitted with a personal locator beacon.
The runner activated his personal locator beacon and he was winched out of the forest by the Westpac rescue helicopter.
Thanks to the two beacons onboard, however, the Coastguard was able to locate the yacht and begin the search and rescue mission.
The Department of Transport advises that a new online ship radio licence and EPIRB registration system is being implemented as of 17 October.
The U.S. Coast Guard says boats start losing VHF radio range the further it goes out and an EPIRB or PLB helps find you in an emergency.
Watchstanders from two command centers received an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) at 51 miles south of Pascagoula.
This next-generation ELT autonomously acquires the aircraft’s location and sends a 406 MHz distress message in real-time.
In addition to sending navigation signals, these spacecraft are also capable of transmitting information from the emergency beacons.
