- A drone rescued two swimmers off an Australian beach on Thursday Reggie Nelson Jersey , a world first for the fast-developing technology that seems perfectly suited to saving lives at sea, authorities said.
The rescue took place as life savers at Lennox Head, a beach popular with surfers south of the city of Brisbane, were preparing for a training session on using drones to pull swimmers to safety.
The practice turned into a real rescue when someone noticed that two men swimming outside safety flags were in trouble in a three-metre (10-foot) swell, the government said in a statement.
Lifeguards launched the drone Marshawn Lynch Raiders Jersey , steered it towards the swimmers and dropped a "rescue pod" into the water, where it expanded so the swimmers could grab it and swim to shore.
"Never before has a drone fitted with a flotation device been used to rescue swimmers like this," said John Barilaro, the deputy premier of New South Wales state.
The rescue took just 70 seconds. The two swimmers were exhausted but unharmed.
Barilaro said the state government had invested A$430,000 (247 Amari Cooper Raiders Jersey ,940 pounds) in a trial of drone technology in December.
Australia, most of whose 24 million live on the coast, had 291 drownings in the year to June 30, a small increase over the previous year but a decline on a per capita basis, according to the Royal Life Saving Society.
Forty people have drowned in the 201718 summer Jared Cook Raiders Jersey , down from 69 at the same time last year, the group said.
Agencies
Turkish soldiers prepare their armored vehicles near the Syrian-Turkish border at Reyhanli district in Hatay, Turkey, on Jan. 21, 2018. Turkish ground troops entered Syria's Afrin Sunday on the second day of an offensive against U.S-backed Kurdish militia which should be wrapped up soon Derek Carr Raiders Jersey , said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Xinhua)
DAMASCUS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 18 civilians have been killed in the Turkish military campaign against Syria's Kurdish-held Afrin enclave in northern Syria, a monitor group reported Sunday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths occurred in Afrin and surrounding villages, as Turkey started its offensive on Saturday by airstrikes and shelling and commenced its ground incursion on Sunday to drive out the Kurdish forces from border areas between Syria and Turkey.
Kurdish activists said 11 civilians, including six children and women Marshawn Lynch Limited Jersey , were killed and 16 others wounded on Sunday in Afrin by the Turkish fire.
The Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, said four of its fighters were killed as well as 10 fighters of the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) since Saturday when the Turkish-backed forces attempted to storm several border villages of Afrin.
An official in the YPG, Mahmoud Bardakhan, declared on Sunday the beginning of a "revolutionary campaign against the Turkish enemy" and FSA Amari Cooper Limited Jersey , which is involved in the Turkish campaign against Afrin.
Kurdish activists said the Kurdish fighters took several FSA fighters as captives during the military showdown in Afrin.
Meanwhile, Kurdish activists said Intense battles raged between the YPG and the Turkish army on the outskirts of the Adama town in the countryside of Afrin after the attempt of the Turkish army to advance int the town.
For his part, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that the "Turkish aggression on Afrin cannot be separated from the Turkish policies undertaken since the first day of the Syrian crisis to support terrorism and the terrorist groups in Syria."
Earlier in the day, Ankara said it had begun the ground incursion into Afrin, a day after intense shelling and airstrikes that marked the beginning of the Turkish campaign against the Kurdish fighters in Syria.
Turkish President Jared Cook Limited Jersey , Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Sunday that the military campaign in Afrin would be over in a "short time," describing the military campaign as a "national struggle."
Turkey's military operation in Afrin aims to deal a strong blow to the Kurdish fighters and weaken their growing influence in northern Syria near Turkey.
The operation came particularly after the Kurdish forces defeated the Islamic State in Syria's northern province of Raqqa, and when the U.S. is forming 30,000-strong border forces from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and other Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
Don Martino
Submitted 2016-07-04 21:10:50 There are a few factors allow cause your premium to go up or together. Your driving record needs to be clean to get the best rate possibilities. The more speeding tickets you acquire the higher your rate possibly be so make certain you try will probably be good driver and avoid getting lotto tickets.
When interested in car insurance, regardless of who you are Derek Carr Limited Jersey , the main step is comparing the insurance policies of various companies. Exercising barely glance at what might get and choose the cheapest one, but that is one among the WORST anyone can may!
If or you own a car then possessing proper papers of the vehicle you cannot drive it on the roads. This important for each vehicle owner to possess the legal documents related towards the car. Of this entire important document involved with very imperative to have the papers with the insurance. In order to obtain the papers for this insurance you've got have the insurer of vehicle. Hence you should avail the car insurance Mo. It will help for you to definitely avail ppi in a rapid manner may will dont you have to pay a big amount for the product.
This will be the most basic and only covers people consist . Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Online Cheap NBA Jerseys China Cheap College Jerseys Cheap Womens Puma Sneakers Cheap Puma Classic Black Cheap Mens Puma Fenty