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AC033 helps find missing yacht and passenger in South Pacific

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  • #2
    martinsvi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,729 ✭✭✭martinsvi


    not to sound like a grumpy old guy but I seriously don't understand why ask a passenger plane to go off-course when ausies have quite an air-force resource.
    there's so many risks at low altitude... the odds of bird-strike... uhh...


  • #3
    vulcan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭vulcan57


    Wasn't just Canadair either, an Air New Zealand flght was also asked to help.

    http://news.sky.com/story/998707/passenger-jets-help-to-rescue-missing-sailor


  • #4
    Buffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭Buffman


    Interesting story, reminds me of the time the Air New Zealand DC-10 rescued a Cessna that was lost over the Pacific.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Flight_103

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  • #5
    Cork boy 55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Cork boy 55


    In contrast
    reminds me of the story a few months back off Panama where passengers
    on A cruise liner spotted a life raft.
    The sighting was passed up the chain of command but nothing was done.
    two of the guys in life raft died later on.
    The cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has launched an internal investigation after passengers claimed one of its ships ignored pleas to rescue three fishermen they spotted adrift in the Pacific ocean.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/17/cruise-company-ship-fishing-boat
    Still under investigation what exactly happened


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