I'm really not referring to reaction time. I want to know specifically about a fishing vessel, for example, that does not have a beacon and that is not required by law to have an EPIRB or whatever kind of beacon. When a shipping vessel like this goes missing, what proportion of the search and rescue time has to be spent on the search? Does it tale longer to do the searching than to do the actual rescue? Does it take significantly longer than it does if they have a beacon?
On December 8th, 2016. See this statement in context.