Search pattern will depend on the followings:
Size of area to be searched. | |
Type of distressed craft. | |
Size of distressed craft. | |
Meteorological visibility. | |
Cloud ceiling. | |
Type of sea conditions. | |
Time of the day. | |
Arrival time of datum. |
Normally following search patterns are used. Namely:
Parallel sweep search | |
Expanding square search | |
Sector search | |
Track line search | |
Creeping line search | |
Contour search |
Updated: 19-Oct-2007