Air Force praises well equipped yachties after South Pacific rescue

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11:31 PM Tue 29 Jun 2010 GMT

'Niue location' .

The crew of an Air Force Orion aircraft from No 5 Squadron have successfully located a yacht after a distress beacon alert was received by the NZ Rescue Coordination Centre (NZRCC). The Orion crew launched from Auckland Air Force Base during the early hours of this morning and arrived on station just before 10am. The Orion crew found the vessel on its first pass of the search area some 75 nautical miles from Niue. The yacht TAR BABY II, a 12m sloop was adrift and had lost its mast. The two people on board were both alive and well. After ...

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