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Gracias Maxipaco, como siempre por tus interesantes aportaciones.

A continuacion tienes como transcurrio el rescate con algo mas de detalle. Gracias tambien por tu aclaracion sobre el sonido de la baliza, a mi me habia hecho dudar ya que no se oia el famoso "pull up/ terrain" pero no estoy familiarizado con estos sistemas en Helicopteros de rescate, en concreto con el sistema que llevan los MH 60 del USCG. Gracias por la aclaracion.

Personalmente me da la impresion que fue una confirmacion visual (mas que una lozalizacion per se), sobre la posicion y despejo las dudas de que hubiera podido ser una falsa alarma. En Estados Unidos desgraciadamente es frecuente que salten bastantes balizas por error (aunque esta severamente castigado). De hecho un estudio de la NOAA al que he tenido acceso cuantificaba que esto se habia producido en mas del 90% de las recibidas

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued two people Sunday from a sinking boat approximately 35 miles southeast of Ocean Isle Beach.

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, received an alert at approximately 1 p.m. Sunday from an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon registered to the 25-foot pleasure craft Quest, which is homeported in Ocean Isle Beach.

Command center personnel issued an urgent marine information broadcast and contacted watchstanders at Shaw Air Force Base. Air Force personnel contacted the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing who confirmed the location of the vessel with the help of F-16s conducting training offshore.

The Coast Guard launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City and a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Oak Island.

The helicopter crew arrived on scene at about 3:15 p.m. and found two individuals sitting on the hull of the capsized boat. The helicopter crew lowered a rescue swimmer and rescue basket and hoisted both survivors to the helicopter. The boaters were transported to Wilmington Airport in good condition. No injuries were reported.