Abby Sunderland rescue could take several days



5:47 AM Fri 11 Jun 2010 GMT
'Abby Sunderland arriving in Cabo earlier in her voyage' .
Teen sailor Abby Sunderland, who today made international headlines by requesting a rescue via various distress-signal units, is in a portion of the southern Indian Ocean that is so remote it could take nearly two days for a ship to reach her position. Sunderland, 16, had been a little past the halfway point in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone. Helicopters reportedly do not have the fuel capacity to reach her but a crew aboard an airplane from Australia had expected to arrive at the position issued via her EPIRB satellite positioning devices ...


Click here for full story.


by GrindTV




Newsfeed supplied by

Live Weather
Nearby
North Head, NSW
7 kn N
Little Bay, NSW
4 kn N
Cronulla, NSW
4 kn N
Windiest in Australia
Cabramurra, NSW
28 kn WNW
Most Windless in Australia
Perth (Coastal), WA
Calm
11°
Hottest in Australia
Marble Bar, WA
4 kn WSW
27°
Coldest in Australia
Mount Hotham, VIC
23 kn NW
Wettest in Australia
Mount Hotham, VIC
26.4 mm