11.   The other three, who were not injured, activated an emergency locator beacon, but bad weather prevented a helicopter from flying them out Wednesday.

12.   They held onto a broken broomstick to stay together and Keeth had a death grip on the emergency locator beacon, about the size of a large flashlight.

13.   There had been no distress signal from the crew before the locator beacon signaled, Coast Guard spokeswoman Marshalena Delaney said.

14.   Within a few minutes, Stephan Drake used a locator beacon to home in on his buried friend, Adam Roy.

15.   He said McTaggart took emergency locator beacons, transponders, very high frequency radios and a global positioning system with him on the inflatable.

16.   They also have emergency locator beacons, transponders, very high frequency radios and a global positioning system on the inflatable.

17.   They have emergency locator beacons, transponders, very high frequency radios and a global positioning system with them on the inflatable.

18.   It was not a signal from the more sophisticated emergency locator beacons usually used by vessels.

19.   Southwick said the locator beacon came from Wasawasa and would have needed to be manually turned on.

20.   The rafts are fitted with locator beacons and dozens of items including solar stills, torches, signalling mirrors and survival blankets.