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it's not unusual for the weather to be

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fine seas relatively calm and the

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skipper and experienced sailor when the

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voyage begins or maybe the winds are

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still and the plane is running great

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when the pilot who's been flying for

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still what seems like a routine trip can

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become a nightmare whether it's a small

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plane down in a remote area or a mishap

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at sea time can be the survivors

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greatest enemy the quicker they're found

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the greater their chances for survival

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until recently search-and-rescue teams

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often had little to go on in trying to

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find these people most likely just a

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report that a boat or plane never

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reached its intended destination but

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today's search and rescue forces are

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getting the information they need from a

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thanks to a unique international

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cooperative effort originally

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spearheaded by NASA involving the United

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States and Canada France and the Soviet

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Union as prime partners there are now

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satellites orbiting the Earth with

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search and rescue equipment aboard them

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the program is called cospas-sarsat the

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name is complicated but the goal simple

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save lives a key link in this rescue

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chain is the emergency radio beacons

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carried aboard ships and planes the

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maritime device is called an emergency

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position indicating radio beacon its

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counterpart on aircraft has a slightly

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different name but performs the same

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function it's called an emergency

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locator transmitter when activated these

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beacons transmit a continuous

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distinctive signal that can be picked up

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by a search-and-rescue satellite passing

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overhead the satellite in turn realized

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this signal to a local user terminal

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like this one at Scott Air Force Base in

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Illinois and it looks like there could

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be the start of a signal right here at

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this point okay we gotta go to the

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closer to work good day by analyzing

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these signals the site of an accident

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can usually be pinpointed within a ten

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to fifteen mile radius this information

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is then sent via a computer to computer

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linked up to a Mission Control Center

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and then on to a rescue control center

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near where the accident occurred inland

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aircraft incidents are handled by the

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Air Force here trained personnel

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correlate any information they received

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from other sources with emergency

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transmitter reports

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they then alert the necessary search and

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rescue teams Boston Aeronautics this is

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Scott RCC we've got all night on a

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Cessna 172 and the northern Cascades and

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a sauce that hit in the same area

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requested a search mission be opened

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and coordinates 47

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if someone's in trouble i shore for

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Coast Guard air and sea teams go to work

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Roger will get the helicopter and the

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we got 34 feet length stable possible

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cache size about 120,000 miles ok let's

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the Coast Guard Cutter point arena and

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their commanding officer lieutenant JG

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Steven Flynn are

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literally proud of a rescue that

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occurred last spring Jack boy a

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stockbroker and Vietnam veteran

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volunteered to sail is ultra light

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racing boat wings from Miami to New York

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to dramatize a fundraising effort by the

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New York Vietnam veterans commissioner I

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hope to make it five days and fall goes

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well well you never can tell winds and

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go into the Thais boys words were

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perfect five days into the trip 120

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miles from show he was caught in a

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severe storm after battling tremendous

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breaking seas for nearly three days boy

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finally activated his emergency radio

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beacon didn't know if anyone was hearing

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it i hope to the satellite and i hope

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that summer was listening to it I was

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really virtually powerless to rig the

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boat or do anything because the waves

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were still crashing across it a Soviet

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satellite picked up mr. voice signal and

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the point arena

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podium safely to shore

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and how does Jack Boyd feel now about

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having an emergency beacon on board it's