Almost Drowning In The Sea, Lives Of Tourists In Anapa Russia Saved By Drones

Illustration of a beach in Anapa, Russia. (Wikimedia Commons/Konstantin Kč)

JAKARTA - An unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) has for the first time been reported to have saved the life of a swimmer in the Black Sea resort town of Anapa, Russia, the city government said on Saturday last week.

Quoting TASS Monday August 9, a tourist in the tourist city of Anapa, when he was called to try to swim further from the shore. Luckily, an automated coastal surveillance system developed by local authorities detected when the man was close to drowning.

"For the first time, a drone, a drone saved a human from drowning. The incident occurred on the beach of the resort town center," the local authority said in a statement.

"A young man overestimated his abilities and swam too far from the shore. He began to drown. The incident was detected by a special monitoring system, and a drone with a life vest was sent to him. Simultaneously, rescue services were called," the local government said.

The local government said in a statement that the buoy carried by the drone was able to reach the man, keeping him afloat before the rescue boat arrived, where he was then evacuated to shore for further treatment.

In May, media reported that Anapa authorities were testing an automated rescue system, which includes drones that will deliver rescue equipment to people in an emergency. This system was designed by the Military Innovative Technopolis Era and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

To note, Anapa is a popular resort on the Black Sea coast of Russia, part of the Krasnodar region of southern Russia. Last year, the total number of tourists visiting the region reached 12 million.