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Detecting a man in the sea

The fall of man into the sea, especially from the ship, is a very frequent accident that usually ends tragically. If man-overboard (MOB) situation is not early detected, i.e. if the fall into the sea did not see by the crew, visually or by some other means, the loss of man is very imminent. To increase probability of survival in the sea it is very important to have appropriate personal life saving appliances, for example floating equipment, such as lifejackets, and systems for improved detection, for example light and smoke signals, whistles, or electronic devices. Unfortunately, SOLAS requirement doesn't include modern personal locator beacons or automatic tracing devices as obligatory equipment. In this context we can say that practically nothing significant has been improved since Titanic. This paper elaborate standard personal (MOB) life-saving appliances-primary lifejackets as well modern electronic MOB locators. Also, appropriate analysis of standard and modern equipment will be given, their practical usability and limitations, including recommendation to improve system of detection and location of man into the sea.

Man overboard (MOB), lifejacket, light and sound signal, personal locator beacon (PLB)

Članak iz diplomskog rada ''Elektronički lokatori za detekciju čovjeka u moru'', 2019 (Marin Marčić)