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 ...

A Search and Rescue volunteer glides down to the ground on a line from the Sheriff Department's Huey helicopter with cloud cover above as part of an August 2012 training exercise at Taylor's Landing ...

The "experienced" climbers say don't require LB's because then more climbers will get overconfident (and injured and lost). Suzanne Marcoe (Letters to the Editor, 12/17) says "climbers don't expect ...

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, ...

Lisa Jo Frech was five days into a 10-day, 170-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail near Washington’s Glacier Peak when she passed out. She’s an experienced hiker, had trained hard for the trail and ...

It's not just TV that's going digital. Starting Sunday, boaters across the nation who either routinely travel in offshore waters or on remote waterways will need new emergency locator beacons if they ...

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, ...

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 on ...

The pilot of a light twin-engined aircraft was able, following a total electrical failure at night, to bring his aircraft back to base by using a hand-held emergency locator beacon (ELB) and a mobile ...

How it works There are a few different types of emergency locator beacons. All work using GPS and are capable of sending out SOS messages. If you push the emergency button, a command center is ...