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“Our whole reason for being is to search and reaiue but, searching in itself is.no reward,” says Capt. Jim Schulz; : ‘head of CFB. Edmonion’s Resewe Co-ordination Centre. .

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“Edmonton is responsible for a vast area taking in all of the Prairies, a huge portion of the Northwest Territories and a small chunk of western Ontario. ;

Shultz says the Soviet equipment “is compatible with everything we have.”

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Because the first Soviet satellite has been in the air the . longest;‘Canadian officials know it best. SARSAT was only’ j launched in March and is still being tested for accuracy and “

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-Tescuers, pyotd But the Soviet satellite picked up the signal, ‘allowing -Bearch-and-rescue personnel to restue the injured pilot and ‘passengers, . While. the satellites help searchers locate. a ‘crash: site : ‘more Quickly, Shultz emphasizes that the reacue part of the » process : remains unchanged, - Sk _. “We'll still have to. jump In there, we still have to take , _eare of first-aid problema and we still have to get them out: - ohce we've found them.” ; Tas But the search is the time-consuming part. = Even the satellites are no help, unless aircraft carry _ | Working transmitters and the devices survive the crash. ‘The Canadian Transport Commission. requires that all planes carry the beacons, but Shultz says some pilots still fly without them. He says he hopes that as niore satellites a are launched to . - expand the coverage and pilots bécome more aware of haw -_the new system works, the problem will be eliminated.

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