On 10 October 2016, a French Polynesian yacht with two on board had lost power.
Its Cospas-Sarsat EPIRB was detected by the MEOSAR system at 05:33 UTC, with confirmation at 05:50, providing rescuers with more than a three and a half hour time advantage over LEOSAR.
Without the MEOSAR data, the Australian JRCC would have had to either manage a response to two locations, or delay the response.
Instead, the MEOSAR location allowed the Australian JRCC to use one Doppler location to task rescuers to one location without delay.