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Search and Rescue

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National Search and Rescue Plan An interagency agreement which provides for the effective utilization of all available resources in all types of civil SAR missions.
Search and Rescue A service which seeks missing aircraft and assists those found to be in need of assistance. It is a cooperative effort using the facilities and services of available Federal, state, and local agencies.
Overdue describes an aircraft that has failed to report and the appropriate time frame has elapsed (30 minutes or 1 hour).
Unreported refers to the time between when an aircraft should have reported a compulsory reporting point until it is considered overdue.
Missing Aircraft are considered missing after the communications search has failed to locate the aircraft.
Search and Rescue Facility A search and rescue facility is responsible for maintaining and operating a SAR service to render aid to persons and property in distress
Flight Service Station (FSS) initiates SAR procedures for overdue or missing aircraft: -On a VFR flight plan - Where no flight plan has been filed On the VFR portion of a composite VFR/IFR flight plan
The Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) initiates SAR procedures for aircraft that are: - Overdue or missing on an IFR flight plan - On a Special VFR clearance - When an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) signal is received or reported
The military coordinates and conducts physical SAR operations through RCCs (Rescue Coordination Centers) - The U.S. Air Force is responsible for SAR for the Inland Region - The USCG is responsible for coordination of SAR for the Maritime Region
Air Force RCCs Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), FL, is responsible for SAR coordination for the inland region within the contiguous states
Coast Guard (USCG) RCCs Using various stations around the country, they are responsible for coordination and conducting SAR for the maritime region.
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Flight Plans SAR a VFR or Defense Visual Flight Rules (DVFR) flight plan is considered overdue 30 minutes after the estimated time of arrival (ETA) and communications or location cannot be established; OVERDUE = ETA + 30 Minutes
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Flight Plans SAR considered overdue when neither communications nor radar contact can be established and 30 minutes have passed since its: - ETA over a specified or compulsory reporting point or at a clearance limit - Clearance void time
No Flight Plan SAR An aircraft with no flight plan is considered overdue at the actual time a reliable source reports it to be at least one hour late at the destination.
Information Request (INREQ) a request originated by FSS for information concerning an overdue VFR aircraft.
Alert Notice (ALNOT) a request originated by an FSS or ARTCC for an extensive communications search for overdue, unreported, or missing aircraft.
Issuance of Alert Notice (ALNOT issue an ALNOT to all centers and all concerned facilities generally 50 miles on either side of the route of flight from the last reported position to destination.
ALNOT Search Area. When known, include Last known position, time, aircraft beacon code
Transfer of search responsibility to RCC occurs when: -The ALNOT search has been completed with negative results -The aircraft has not been located within one hour after ALNOT issuance -Thirty minutes have elapsed after the estimated aircraft fuel exhaustion time
Cancellation of ALNOT The ALNOT originator then transmits a cancellation message with the location of the aircraft, if found, to all recipients of the ALNOT
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