Oops , this is somebody ’s crowing fault . It looks like a 67 yr honest-to-goodness fair sex ’s Freeview TV set - top box sent out an emergency brake signaling that launched 2 lifeboat saving team in Wembury , England . Poor Mary Donaldson was stupefied when functionary from the Falmouth Coast Guard show up at her room access , require why she would have sent the mayday signals . The same problem pass off in January in Portsmouth , England ( which is near to Wembury ) but there does n’t seem to be a coherent result for these rare instances at the moment .
“ Any box that is capable of meet is capable of transmitting , and they somehow flip from receive to sending . These are two example in the million of boxes being used . It ’s a very small telephone number , and we do n’t believe it is a widespread problem , ” say an Ofcom spokesman .
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