little ripper drone rescues two teenagers from australian rip-tide

while lifeguards trained with a new drone, off the coast of lennox head, australia, a distress signal went out. 70 seconds later, the little ripper had located two teenagers treading-water and dropped them a floatation device, saving their lives (see footage taken from the drone’s camera above).

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the float carried the fatigued teens back to shore, who were uninjured apart from the exhaustion of treading water. the real hero of the day was a machine, packed with propellers, emergency kits, a 2 and a half long battery life,  GPS beacons, and a camera to search and record. the westpac little ripper drone was visiting lennox head, acquainting itself with lifeguards in order to test out the implementation of a new shark-spotting-strategy. in addition, two lives were saved on january 18, 2018.

the westpac little ripper drone can carry inflatable and distribute inflatable rafts, GPS beacons, and more