On September 10, 1982, three passengers aboard a light aircraft crashed into the sea off the Canadian Maritimes. They were able to deploy their life raft and they had with them the earliest version an ...

At approximately $1,200 a unit, the new beacons are roughly half the cost of the legacy beacons. Fielding for ejection seat aircraft will be completed by March 2019 and fielding for bailout ...

HALIFAX — The majority of commercial and private aircraft in Canada are flying with emergency locator beacons that use an outmoded satellite frequency, effectively silencing a lifeline that tell ...

CHENNAI: Saturday will mark the first anniversary of the disappearance of the IAF’s AN-32 transport aircraft with 29 people onboard over the Bay of Be.

The Boeing Co. has urged expanded inspections of emergency locator beacons made by Honeywell International to include five more aircraft types after problems were discovered with the transmitters ...

Locator beacons for Air Force ejection seats failing at 'unacceptable' rate — Downed pilots face 1-in-4 chance of AN/URT-44 not working Feb 7, 2014 ...

Boeing Co. has expanded inspections of emergency locator beacons made by Honeywell International to include five more aircraft types after problems were discovered with the transmitters on 787 jets.

Locator beacons emit a 406 MHz signal when activated and are monitored by satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. April 6 — or 4/06 — is recognized as ...

Boeing Co. has expanded inspections of emergency locator beacons made by Honeywell International to include five more aircraft types after problems were discovered with the transmitters on 787 jets.

Boeing Co. has expanded inspections of emergency locator beacons made by Honeywell International to include five more aircraft types after problems were discovered with the transmitters on 787 ...