*** Cellphone Call from Crashed Cessna 185 ***

Subject:         Cell Phones and Airplanes
  Date:         Tue, 18 Feb 1997 00:42:23 -0800
  From:         RICHARD DUCLOS <richard.duclos@sympatico.ca>
    To:         "sar-l-d@islandnet.com" <sar-l-d@islandnet.com>


Cell phones are great to add to a survival kit.
A search was called monday for the survivors of an airplane crash north
of Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada after one of them called police for help on
his cellular phone.

Local police received the call for help and several rescue aircraft were
dispatched. The ski-equipped Cessna 185 was on a flight from Sept-Iles to
Wabush.

I am member of Canadian Search And Rescue Association. In Montreal and
many cases are resolved and prevented quickly with the use of cell phones.

5 years ago at night i was flying back from a meeting along with a friend
who was in another aircraft and he had an engine failure. I was able to
follow him and locate the crash and then had to relay communications via
a high flyer, who relayed to F.S.S., who relayed to the local police
- which was time consuming. Luckily my friend was only slightly injured.

I had no cell phone at that time but I wished I did.

Richard Duclos
Director SERABEC Montreal (CASARA)

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