Women rescued on sailboat had emergency beacon but never used it
Las Vegas Review Journal ^ | 10/30/17 | Caleb Jones
Posted on 10/31/2017, 9:34:09
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr told The Associated Press that their review of the incident and subsequent interviews with the survivors revealed that they had the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) aboard but never turned it on.
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