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  2. Aircraft emergency frequency - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft emergency frequency (also known in the USA as Guard) is a frequency used on the aircraft band reserved for emergency communications for aircraft in distress.The frequencies are 121.5 MHz for civilian, also known as International Air Distress (IAD), International Aeronautical Emergency Frequency, [1] or VHF Guard, [1] and 243.0 MHz—the second harmonic of VHF guard—for military ...

  3. International distress frequency - Wikipedia

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    It is used by some civilian emergency locator beacons; however, the Cospas-Sarsat system no longer monitors the frequency. 243 MHz for NATO military aircraft emergency frequencies 406 MHz to 406.1 MHz is used by the Cospas-Sarsat international satellite-based search and rescue (SAR) distress alert detection and information distribution system

  4. Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon - Wikipedia

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    Overview diagram of COSPAS-SARSAT communication system used to detect and locate ELTs, EPIRBs, and PLBs First generation EPIRB emergency locator beacons. An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB) is a type of emergency locator beacon for commercial and recreational boats, a portable, battery-powered radio transmitter used in emergencies to locate boaters in distress and in need of ...

  5. Lead poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Lead shot has been banned for hunting waterfowl in several countries, [57] including the US in 1991 and Canada in 1997. [314] Other threats to wildlife include lead paint, sediment from lead mines and smelters, and lead weights from fishing lines. [314] Lead in some fishing gear has been banned in several countries. [57]

  6. Portal:Current events/February 2009 - Wikipedia

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    Chinese fishing vessels desert the Northern Limit Line, signaling a possible North Korean missile test. An oil tanker and a container ship collide off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP via Google News) The Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources rescues more than 200 dolphins after a mass beaching in Bataan.

  7. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - Wikipedia

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    Congressman Larry McDonald. The aircraft flying as Korean Air Lines Flight 007 departed from Gate 15 of John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, on August 31, 1983, at 00:25 EDT (04:25 UTC), bound for Kimpo International Airport in Gangseo District, Seoul, 35 minutes behind its scheduled departure time of 23:50 EDT, August 30 (03:50 UTC, August 31).

  8. Kings Canyon National Park - Wikipedia

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    A California state fishing license is required for visitors 16 years or older. [124] The rainbow trout in the Kings river are small, usually no more than 8 to 9 inches (20 to 23 cm). [125] In order to protect riparian habitat, the gently flowing South Fork is closed to boating in Cedar Grove between Bubbs Creek and the western boundary of the park.

  9. Hanford Site - Wikipedia

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    The Hanford Site occupies 586 square miles (1,518 km 2) – roughly equivalent to half the total area of Rhode Island – within Benton County, Washington. [1] [2] It is a desert environment receiving less than ten inches (250 mm) of annual precipitation, covered mostly by shrub-steppe vegetation.