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emergency position indicating radio beacons, for boaters and sailors; and emergency locator transmitters for aircraft pilots. In 2023, 51 rescues were made for activated personal locator beacons ...
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Going hiking? Here's how to use a Personal Locator Beacon — and where to find them
A personal locator beacon is a small ... "A situation of genuine distress or emergency is not the time to discover that a beacon does not meet applicable standards," the AMSA website reads.
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Antonov An-28 plane disappears from radar in Russia’s Tomsk region — source
"The aircraft disappeared from radar in the Bakcharsky district. Its emergency locator beacon went off. There are 17 people on board, including four children and three crew members," the source said.
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Going hiking? Here's how to use a Personal Locator Beacon — and where to find them
But how does one of those beacons work, and where do you get one? A personal locator beacon is a small ... They also transmit a homing signal which aircraft and ground search parties can use ...