SURVIVOR-LOCATOR SYSTEMS FOR DISTRESSED VESSELS

The purposes of this study are to analyze casualties involving vessels which have been unable to transmit a distress call or message; to discuss the inadequacies of the current distress communications system; to determine whether certain vessels should be required to carry automatic emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRB's); to consider other possible distress communications systems; and to make recommendations which will help prevent unnecessary loss of life when seamen must abandon ship on short notice.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1972-8-16

Media Info

• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distress alerting systems; Search and rescue operations; Signal devices; Survival; Traffic signal control systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic signalling devices
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041475
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-MSS-72-3 Spec Study
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 2 1973 12:00AM