36 Days in Amazon rainforest after small plane crash

[MtPJimB]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/world/americas/brazil-amazon.html

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Would a PLB have been helpful for him to turn on in an emergency such as this?

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Provided the PLB pinged the COSPAS-SARSAT network, yes. The private service PLBs not as much. Another issue is if the country you are in has dedicated a SAR system to come get you. But in this case Brazil does.

Have always preferred the COSPAS network ones, rather than the SPOT, for that very reason.