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rob
rob asked in Cars & TransportationAircraft · 3 months ago

How does the SPOT locator work if you become incapacitated and cannot press the emergency button?

Does it still transmit an emergency? Or you must be conscious and have the locator in possession for it to work? 

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  • david
    Lv 5
    2 months ago

    Think "Onstar" in your car. If you're in a movie, "GuideStar".

  • Anonymous
    3 months ago

     ELT's (emergency location transmitters) have an inertia switch that activates an 'armed' transmitter in a crash or a very hard landing.

    Used to work at a small airport and we'd have to search out an ELT on our own property at least once a month. We had a locator for this function.

  • mercedes
    Lv 7
    3 months ago

    You would die.  Too bad.

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