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Talking of aviation and rescues.

I keep getting snippets of a rescue of folk from a stricken yacht off Australia. The yacht or the survivors were first spotted by passengers on a commercial flight. I think the aircraft captain diverted from his route to circle and pin point where the survivors were.

As I say, I have yet to hear the full story, so have strung the snippets together to try and make sense of it all. :)

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Richard Brown said:
Talking of aviation and rescues.

I keep getting snippets of a rescue of folk from a stricken yacht off Australia. The yacht or the survivors were first spotted by passengers on a commercial flight. I think the aircraft captain diverted from his route to circle and pin point where the survivors were.

As I say, I have yet to hear the full story, so have strung the snippets together to try and make sense of it all. :)

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Third time lucky hopefully....I keep timing out on 3G

I've just seen this on TV...half an hour ago now with the trouble I'm having.

He had been drifting out there for 9 days after his yacht was tossed in rough seas, breaking his mast and splitting his hull. He had drifted over 500km off course and finally gave up hope of being able to help himself and set of his emergency beacon. Marine authorities asked 2 planes in the area to help search for him.

An Air Canada plane spotted him from 5000 feet and then did do a second pass at 3700 feet.........which would have been an amazing sight in itself of such a huge plane flying so low over the ocean.

He is well and was met by his very relieved parents and celebrated with a chocolate milk and custard tart! ;)
 
leelai said:
Third time lucky hopefully....I keep timing out on 3G

I've just seen this on TV...half an hour ago now with the trouble I'm having.

He had been drifting out there for 9 days after his yacht was tossed in rough seas, breaking his mast and splitting his hull. He had drifted over 500km off course and finally gave up hope of being able to help himself and set of his emergency beacon. Marine authorities asked 2 planes in the area to help search for him.

An Air Canada plane spotted him from 5000 feet and then did do a second pass at 3700 feet.........which would have been an amazing sight in itself of such a huge plane flying so low over the ocean.

He is well and was met by his very relieved parents and celebrated with a chocolate milk and custard tart! ;)

Thanks, Leelai for the info. I thought you would fill on the blanks / put things straight.

What a great news story. :)

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Is this enough Doritos for you, Admiral?



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scifan57 said:
Is this enough Doritos for you, Admiral?

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Wow! Wish I had access to Star Trek transporter technology so I could beam that whole load east.
:)

AA

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Richard Brown said:
Thanks, Leelai for the info. I thought you would fill on the blanks / put things straight.

What a great news story. :)

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It certainly was a great news story....we kept hearing snippets of it throughout the day.

He's certainly a very lucky man!
 

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