News: helicopter

25/06/2024

Flares help RNLI rescuers save Devon fishermen

Flares have helped RNLI rescuers save three fishermen in Devon after their boat sank. Coastguards read more...

25/04/2024

Missing rented boat and occupants located thanks to flare

A missing rented boat and four occupants were found on Lake Erie by a Canadian read more...

25/04/2024

Illuminating flares used in missing person search

RNLI teams used illuminating flares to search for a person in the water in Cornwall, read more...

19/06/2023

Illuminating flare used in rescue of angler trapped by boulder

An illuminating flare was used in the rescue of an angler who was trapped and read more...

23/12/2022

872 people saved by UK search and rescue helicopter crews

UK Search and Rescue Helicopter crew rescued 872 people and assisted another 327 from April read more...

31/10/2022

Six stranded snowmachiners found with help of flare

Air search personnel dropped flares in bad weather to find six stranded snowmachiners in Alaska, read more...

20/10/2022

Boaters rescued after using flares

Two boaters have been rescued in Alabama, USA, after using flares to alert a nearby read more...

20/10/2022

Flares guide air ambulance to injured base jumper

Flares were used to help an air ambulance land on the beach at Lulworth, Dorset, read more...

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