Jason's cradle

A Jason's cradle is a maritime rescue device. The device is similar to a scramble net made of cloth webbing. It can be suspended over a rail, but it has stiffener batts which make it easier to climb. It can take the form of a hammock or stretcher for the rescue of weakened or injured people when the "top" and "bottom" of the net are lowered to the water level so they can simply roll into it. Different sizes are available, both for pleasure craft as well as for maritime search and rescue applications.

Box containing Jason's Cradle

NY Waterway mariners train in the use of Jason's Cradles and employed them when rescuing the passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 from the Hudson River.[1][2]

The Jason's Cradle is a registered trademark of Land & Marine Products Ltd. of Wimborne, Dorset, UK.

Notes
  1. "Tugboat Capsizes Near Liberty Island; 3 People Rescued". CBS News. 2012-04-06. Archived from the original on 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-09. NY Waterway says Gouda and his crew used a device known as a "Jason's Cradle" to effect the rescue of the three. "We used our classic procedures today," Gouda said. "I lowered the cradles as the passengers climbed up. The same procedure we used during Flight 1549."
  2. "Hudson River plane rescuers still in disbelief a day later". CNN. January 16, 2009. Mike Starr, a ferry operations manager, credited a hammock-like maritime rescue tool called a Jason cradle with helping save passengers from the water as quickly as possible
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