satellite locator beacons. A pair of mariners adrift in an 18-foot skiff near Namoluk Atoll in Micronesia were spotted by a commercial aircraft and rescued March 29 by the Coast Guard, Chief ...

They also transmit a homing signal which aircraft and ground search parties ... or places with thick scrub, personal locator beacons are generally far more reliable. Ideally, he said, you'd ...