An EPIRB (emergency position-indicating radio beacon) is your lifeline to rescue. A bad day can get worse if that beacon burns or gets trapped inside your sinking or overturned boat. You might also ...

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has called for emergency beacon users to correctly dispose of their devices following a false activation in the south of Western Australia. An emergency ...

HONOLULU -- The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. U.S. Coast Guard ...

The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Rescue 500 crew officer David Turnbull doesn't mince his words when it comes to emphasizing the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. U.S. Coast Guard ...

Police say the men were on a fishing trip to the Abrolhos Islands yesterday at about 9pm (WST) when their 12-metre vessel began taking on water about 40km off Dongara. The men activated an Emergency ...

Two US women who were rescued by a navy ship after spending five months adrift at sea had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat, but never activated it, the coast guard says. The women said they ...

Every year the Coast Guard makes thousands of phone calls to mariners, boat owners and emergency points of contact in response to receiving distress alerts from emergency position indicating radio ...

HONOLULU — The US Coast Guard said Monday that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. Coast Guard spokesman ...

Jennifer Appel and Natasha Fuiava were rescued after being stranded for months. — -- Jennifer Appel, one of the two sailors rescued by a U.S. Navy ship after being stranded in the Pacific Ocean ...

The U.S. Coast Guard said today that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt.