A clearer way into aviation
Annex 12 — Search and Rescue
Annex: SARPs and associated material
The organization and provision of search and rescue services. It illustrates how aviation relies on coordination beyond the aircraft operator.
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Source status
This introductory description is based on the inspected 2021 ICAO catalogue entry. It is not a paragraph-level interpretation of the local PDF.
Catalogue citation: Annex 12, entry beginning at line 622 in the local text edition of the ICAO Products and Services Catalogue 2021.
Historical catalogue edition: 8th edition, July 2004.
Not comprehensively checked; do not assume the catalogue or local PDF is current.
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