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 ...

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, ...

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 "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 ...

We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. Getting out of cell service is more than just a side effect of exploring the outdoors. Sometimes it's the point. To ...

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 ...

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 ...

Calling it the "most promising lead" so far, the leader of the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner says ships have again detected a signal on the same frequency used by "black box" ...

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 ...

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 ...