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The one yachtsman on board was able to use a personal locator beacon to alert the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand.
The PLB was registered with up to date details, which helped police confirm details about the walking party.
A police spokesperson said they received a report that a personal locator beacon had been activated,
A demo “accident” used the Galileo Return Link (RLS) Cospas-Sarsat beacon to stage a rescue of 200 passengers from a stricken cruise ship.
The Coast Guard was alerted to the boat after it received an emergency alert from a 406MHz Personal Locator Beacon.
A Coast Guard aircrew rescued a man from a disabled vessel 150 miles west of Sitka within 15 minutes of receiving the alert from the EPIRB.
SKYTRAC and ACR Electronics, Inc. have signed an agreement with Embraer to provide ADT and ELT-DT technology.
A sailor shares a unique description of the experience of capsizing a previous boat and being rescued from the North Sea.
An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, or EPIRB, alerted the Coast Guard of the emergency on Monday morning.
