A crew including two trainees were aboard a lifeboat and being briefed on use of emergency throttles, capsize procedures and vessel towing.
The exercise had barely begun when a new tasking came in to search for a 406 EPIRB transmitting a distress signal from waters off northeast Scotland in the United Kingdom.
“The crew switched from training to operational mode in seconds and delivered a highly professional service.
“Had this EPIRB been indicating a genuine vessel in distress, today’s performance showed that our combined radio and visual searches would have quickly located the casualty.”
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