Coastguard Search and Rescue skills boosted by training
The Libyan Naval Coastguard learnt how to use highly-advanced software to find vessels lost at sea
The Libyan Naval Coastguard’s Search and Rescue (SAR) skills have been boosted by training on modern computerised methods to find vessels stranded at sea.
The training, organised by the EU Border Assistance Mission to Libya (EUBAM Libya) focused, in particular, on mission coordination during SAR operations.
“Today’s exercise is about a search for a stranded fishing vessel. We know that the first search was not successful so we need to engage in a subsequent search”, EUBAM’s senior Naval Coastguard expert Emmanuel Mallia told the class. He added that two aircraft were also searching the boat.
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