Australia joins search for teenage solo sailor

I hope this kid is ok.

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article452529.ece

An Australian jet joined a race against time Friday to reach solo sailor Abby Sunderland after the U.S. teenager triggered emergency beacons after battling 6-metre swells and 90 km-per-hour winds in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) spokeswoman Carly Lusk said a chartered Airbus had taken off from Perth and was on a four— hour flight heading for the search area 3,600 km from the Western Australia state capital.

“Going by the actual drift of the beacon in the water we are hoping that she is still inside the vessel,” Lusk told public broadcaster ABC…