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Home » Air, Maritime Groups Urged to Advocate Using Drones for Search-and-Rescue Missions

Air, Maritime Groups Urged to Advocate Using Drones for Search-and-Rescue Missions

July 8, 2015
Maritime Executive

The most important success factors for search and rescue (SAR) operations are related to time – the ability to prevent drowning and hypothermia through quick response to distress signals and the ability of rescuers to collect accident data to assess the situation and plan their response, says Selmy.

The use of UAVs could support the planning, handling, monitoring and tracking of SAR operations, could light the sea at night, drop rescue equipment to survivors and even monitor the body temperature of survivors at sea using thermal cameras, he says.

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