Sirius Signal launches the A-1001, featuring the 'Mini Solo'--the world's smallest USCG-legal electronic flare. This device replaces hazardous pyrotechnics with a high-intensity white SOS LED and ...

“The advancement of Coast Guard missions to enhance maritime safety, protect the environment, and provide better electronic visual distress signal devices for recreational boaters that are safer to ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to establish a new lighting system that is universally recognized as an urgent call for help," said an inventor, from Brampton, ON, Canada, "so I ...

Visual distress signals (VDS) are mandatory on most boats but hopefully never needed. VDS come in various flavors. You should not only check at the start of every season to make sure your flares are ...

The United States Coast Guard (USGC) requires boaters to carry several unexpired visual distress signals on board, day and night. Pyrotechnic marine flares are a common type of distress signal, but ...

An Air India Boeing7878 (Flight AI171), bound for London with 242 souls, issued a Mayday call shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday. The plane crashed near the airport, plummeting into ...