The National Transportation Safety Board is urging vessel owners and operators to provide each crewmemberwith a personal locator device. This latest NTSB call for the use of devices such as personal locator beacons (PLB) or satellite emergency notification devices (SEND), comes in the form of a safety alert.
The NTSB notes that it issued Safety Recommendation M-17-45 to the U.S. Coast Guard in 2017 to require PLBs for mariners aboard vessels.
“We have reiterated the recommendation three times...