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The group activated a locator beacon they had with them, and an on-duty officer was notified of the hikers.
Disaster struck about 1.05pm, with the skipper of the boat activating an EPIRB device to alert authorities they were in trouble.
The team spent 12 hours looking for a couple who had activated their personal locator beacon in the Cathedral area.
The pair were eventually saved by the ship, which had been diverted to the origin of a radio distress beacon in the Atlantic Ocean.
The command center watchstanders received an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert originating off the Matagorda Jetty.
Glonass-K have an extended service life of up to 10 years and improved performance. It will provide a navigation accuracy of less than 30 cm
The changes ensure better responses when distress beacons are activated on land, sea or air in New Zealand's search and rescue region.
Rescue services scrambled to reach the man who set off a distress beacon after his boat began sinking.
The boat lost all engine and electrical power and was dead in the water. EPIRB activation saved 7 people's lives.
