Malicious Mayday call
Posted: 12 Nov 2017, 17:18
I usually monitor a number of marine channels during the day here and throughout this week there have been a number of calls to Swansea Coastguard asking for assistance. I have been unable to hear the station calling the Coastguard so far.
I did hear the Coastguard asking the station firstly for a location and what assistance they required and then with a later call, advised the station to call 999 for Police if they were on land. The coastguard advised another station that it was a child's voice on the mic.
An hour or so ago someone was calling Mayday on 16 and after a thorough search (I could see the rescue heli up in the Bristol Channel on adsbexchange) the coastguard stated it was a 'false alarm malicious' .
Has anyone else heard any of this activity, in particular has anyone heard the kids voice calling the Coastguard?
It is a pity that this happens, as i'm sure you will agree that the rescue services do a great job all around and don't deserve to be messed around like this.
If an adult is putting a child up to this, then they deserve more than a good kick up the arse!
I did hear the Coastguard asking the station firstly for a location and what assistance they required and then with a later call, advised the station to call 999 for Police if they were on land. The coastguard advised another station that it was a child's voice on the mic.
An hour or so ago someone was calling Mayday on 16 and after a thorough search (I could see the rescue heli up in the Bristol Channel on adsbexchange) the coastguard stated it was a 'false alarm malicious' .
Has anyone else heard any of this activity, in particular has anyone heard the kids voice calling the Coastguard?
It is a pity that this happens, as i'm sure you will agree that the rescue services do a great job all around and don't deserve to be messed around like this.
If an adult is putting a child up to this, then they deserve more than a good kick up the arse!