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What is a repeated tone, battery supported device that transmits emergency code, aircraft ID, and location within 180 miles?
ELT
What type of device is primarily used for maritime applications (boats and vessels)?
EPIRB
PLB’s are portable radio distress signals carried and activated by…
A maritime boat or vessel
Beacons are tracked by SAR agencies that use what satellite systems?
COSPAS/SARSAT
What are portable radio distress signals that are carried by an individual person?
PLB
An aircraft is considered overdue when it fails to arrive its destination, compulsory reporting point, clearance void time or clearance limit within______
30 minutes of its estimated time of arrival
Once an aircraft is overdue, the unit will conduct what type of search?
Preliminary communications search
The destination base will initiate EXCOM if the aircraft cannot be contacted after______ of initiating PRECOM
30 Minutes