Tag: emergency

Everybody has heard the story of the boy that cried wolf.In Search and Rescue, we have a very similar situation involving ELTs (Emergency Locator Transmitters).The ELT is a excellent device designed to provide a timely response to a critical, potentially life-threatening, situation.But most ELT activations are false alarms, whereas many actual emergencies lead to no activation of the ELT.As backward as this may seem, it's true...

Flying can be an adventure, but like everything else in life, there are small risks.Despite the fact that flying is the safest way to travel in this modern age, here are some tips to minimize any unfortunate, but unlikely event of an emergency situation.Try to only fly nonstop routingsTakeoff, climb, descent, and landing phases of flights have the most occurrences of accidents.To decrease these risks decrease the amount of exposure to these phases of flight by trying only to fly nonstop...