Officials reminded citizens "always carry a distress beacon while on the water." Three people were rescued from the Coral Sea after "multiple shark attacks" damaged their catamaran. Following an ...

While the whereabouts of the vessel and identity of its owner remain unknown, the incident serves as a reminder of how one should respond if an accidental distress beacon is set off, which ...

Searches have been made off the Western Isles after a report of an activated distress beacon. The coastguard said it believed the beacon to be about 64 miles (103km) north west of the Butt of Lewis.

An unexplained distress signal from an emergency radio beacon sparked an extensive early morning search from rescue crews. A RNLI lifeboat, coastguards and a helicopter were involved in the ...

An appeal has been launched to help find the owner of an emergency distress beacon after it was activated in Cornwall. HM Coastguard said there was a four-hour search off Mounts Bay, St Ives and ...

Search was later stood now when emergency services were satisfied that nobody was in distress The all-weather lifeboat RNLB Bridie O’Shea was launched by Wicklow RNLI for the first time on ...

Authorities were first alerted to the crew’s crisis around 1 p.m. on Monday, when they deployed a distress beacon, but it was hours before the first rescue helicopters located the vessel.