GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The University of North Dakota aerospace dean says an investigation into the cause of a crash that killed a flight instructor and student will include questions about an emergency ...

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Personal locater beacons, a potential lifesaving technology, became available Tuesday to millions of Americans. The beacon system became operational in the 48 contiguous states, allowing lost hikers, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Personal locater beacons, a potential lifesaving technology, became available Tuesday to millions of Americans. The beacon system became operational in the 48 contiguous states, ...

A personal locator beacon is a 406 MHz beacon that can be used anywhere in the world, including the most remote locations like on oceans, mountains and in deep wilderness. The satellite system can ...

PHOENIX — Several hiking incidents have turned tragic in the Valley in recent days. Hiking experts said they might have turned out differently if the hikers had a personal locator beacon with them.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska - Three out-of-state hikers who got in trouble after walking off a Ketchikan trail were rescued with the help of an emergency locator beacon they ...

A group of fishermen adrift in the remote Western Pacific made their recent rescue significantly easier because they carried a personal locator beacon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard search ...

Colorado search-and-rescue officials have been chasing satellite SOS signals around the state, sometimes tracking them to thrift stores, landfills and other bizarre locations. Personal locator beacons ...