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 ...


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