The alarm set off by the men is known as an EPIRB - an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon.
BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Bristol/Somerset | Stricken rowers rescued by ship
With an opening to the world, he dispatched another SOS: He tethered the epirb to a line and tossed it into the roiling seas.
CNN: Shipwreck survivor recounts drama on high seas
Saturday an EPIRB distress signal from the row boat.
FORBES: Rogue Wave Capsizes Trans-Atlantic Ocean Rowers
Sherman thought he was sending an SOS signal to the world by activating an "epirb" -- short for emergency position indicating radiobeacon -- which is a satellite-connecting beacon that resembles a floatable walkie-talkie.
应用推荐
模块上移
模块下移
不移动