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Within moments of activation, second-generation beacons offer robust location services through Cospas-Sarsat network.
The pilot activated his personal locator beacon which alerted the RCC and rescue services attended the scene promptly.
ACR Electronics Announces Cospas-Sarsat and Europe Approval for Return Link Service ResQLink Personal Locator Beacons.
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.
