TANALEE SMITH
Associated Press Writer
ADELAIDE, Australia – The first day Abby Sunderland was stranded in the Southern Ocean, Australia’s rescue agency chartered a jet to fly over the area where her emergency beacon was activated.
The 11-hour flight cost an estimated 110,000 Australian dollars (US $94,500).
The second day, after locating her, the agency sent another plane to coordinate her pickup by ships racing toward her damaged and drifting yacht.