Product safety recall: Kongsberg RPT transponders

  • Safety Flash
  • Published on 2 May 2005
  • Generated on 13 September 2025
  • IMCA SF 07/05
  • 1 minute read

We have been passed the attached product information bulletin relating to Kongsberg transponder models RPT316, RPT319 and RPT324 and spare end cap assemblies which we have been asked to bring to Members’ attention.

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