🇬🇧 EN #010 – SAREX Pelican 2025: GADSS, SAR Coordination & Mass Rescue in the Caribbean

What if an international airliner crashed off the coast of Martinique?
This wasn’t a disaster — it was SAREX Pelican 2025, the largest full-scale aeronautical SAR exercise ever conducted in the Caribbean. In this episode, we break down how 400 participants, cutting-edge tech, and real interagency coordination came together to validate the GADSS system and simulate a mass rescue under extreme conditions.

🔍 What you'll learn in this episode:

• How a simulated air crash triggered a full-scale multi-agency rescue response

• What GADSS is, and how ELT-DT beacons and the LADR system revolutionize aircraft tracking

• How Cospas-Sarsat and Eurocontrol integrate into modern distress alert chains

• How SARCHAT enabled real-time coordination across sea, air, and land units

• Lessons learned on capacity thresholds, disaster medicine, and all-hazards preparedness in the Caribbean

🌐 Keywords:
SAREX, Pelican 2025, GADSS, ELT-DT, LADR, Cospas-Sarsat, mass rescue, aviation safety, Martinique, SAR coordination, SARCHAT, MRCC, ARCC, disaster response, aircraft ditching, Caribbean FIRs, simulation exercise, interagency command, aviation distress, MEOSAR, emergency preparedness

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Created by Nicolas — former MRCC watch supervisor with over 25 years of frontline SAR experience — and co-developed with Arthur and Tanguy, co-founders of Global SAR Hub, the podcast is part of a broader mission to share knowledge, stories, and insights from across the global SAR community.

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