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Lifeguard drone completes world-first ocean rescue

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Australias Little Ripper drone has saved a pair of swimmers caught in rough seas in whats thought to be a world-first rescue operation. Lifeguards were busy testing the UAV off Lennox Head as part of New South Wales $250,000 shark-spotting strategy when the distress call came in. Within 70 seconds the aerial helper had tracked down the stranded duo and dropped them a flotation pod, which they used to safely make their way to shore, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

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