US EditionSiri Gone Rogue? B.C. Search and Rescue Team Responds to Bizarre False Alarm
PINNACLE LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AUG 1 – Vernon Search and Rescue deployed 10 volunteers and a helicopter after an iPhone battery died during a hike, causing a false satellite SOS activation with no real emergency.
- Vernon Search and Rescue responded to an iPhone 14 satellite SOS on Aug. 1, though investigation revealed no distress was sent, and the user was safe at home.
- The hiker's iPhone battery died en route to their vehicle, triggering a satellite SOS alert that proved to be a false alarm, with no distress call sent.
- The alert's location placed the subject around Pinnacle Lake, requiring a two-hour drive and 1.5-hour hike for rescuers, prompting VSAR to respond.
- The rescue ended with the subject at home, not on the mountain, and Search Managers were humorously labeled 'spammer and scammer' by VSAR.
- Search and rescue services throughout British Columbia are 100 per cent free, and satellite technology remains a vital tool despite occasional quirks.
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