The Australian Central Queensland Helicopter Rescue Service has located a lone fisherman sitting and waving on his upturned boat in the dark 13 km offshore after he activated his EPIRB on Monday morning.
The boat was spotted easily from the air in the dark ocean because of the strobe light that was activated on the EPIRB.
“This is a perfect example of how EPIRBs save lives as well as save rescuer’s time and money.”
“If he didn’t have an EPIRB on board, who knows how long he would have been sitting out there in the water and in the dark before anyone even knew he was in distress.
Activating the beacon meant we knew who and what we were looking for and that we were able to find him quickly and get him to safety.” “He’s really incredible lucky.”
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