| Air Force Orion finds missing boat off Samoa |
| 26.04.2002 |
| Five people missing on a boat
off Samoa have been found by the crew on an Air
Force Orion. The 9m twin-hulled aluminium craft had
been missing for seven days between Pago Pago and
Apia. The Fiji Rescue Co-ordination Centre asked the Air Force to help. The vessel was found about 4pm yesterday 65km south of Samoa and a radio dropped to it. The Orion was last night on standby in Samoa to help in the rescue. |