Aircraft ELT Beacons Located
Killaloe Coast Guard Unit after over eight hours searching located three active emergency beacons, ELT’s in the O’Brien’s Bridge area. The Local Killaloe Unit of the Irish Coast Guard wish to advice all owners of emergency beacons, ELT or EPIRB to keep them in a dry cool area and make sure that batteries are fully charged.
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Aircraft ELT Beacons Located
Killaloe Coast Guard Unit after over eight hours searching located three active emergency beacons, ELT’s in the O’Brien’s Bridge area. The Local Killaloe Unit of the Irish Coast Guard wish to advice all owners of emergency beacons, ELT or EPIRB to keep them in a dry cool area and make sure that batteries are fully charged.
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Distress radio beacons,
Marine Notice for Lough Derg
MARINE NOTICE
85 of 2012
SHANNON NAVIGATION
Lough Derg – Southern End
Tinarana Bay
Waterways
Ireland wishes to advise masters and owners that a shallow patch has been
reported approx 200m southwest of the
Red
porthand mark, on the western shore, at the north end of Tinarana Bay .
Masters
are requested to navigate with due caution.
24/07/2012
Killaloe Coast Guard Unit 2011-12-21 09:35:00
These airborne Chinese lanterns have become increasingly popular in recent years as a way of marking special events. However, they do pose a significant danger to aviation traffic and can cause the deployment of Irish Coast Guard resources on false rescue missions. Chinese lanterns, drifting across a night sky, are commonly mistaken by the public for marine distress flares.
If you are
Navigation Bye-Laws
Killaloe Coast Guard was asked by their divisional control Valentia Coast Guard to investigate a report of a Cruiser that nearly swamped a lake boat with a number of children on board on Lough Derg. Upon investigation Killaloe Coast Guard would like to remind all water users on Lough Derg of the Bye-Laws that exist plus the importance of courtesy of larger or faster craft to be vigilant of