Where they will take her or how long it will take we don't know,' they said.īefore she went missing they had posted that she was having difficulties, but appeared to be coping. 'The French fishing vessel that was diverted to her location will be there in a little over 24 hours. Radio communication was made and Abby reports that she is fine!. 'Wild Eyes is upright but her rigging is down. Sunderland's parents, Laurence and Marianne, posted a message on their daughter's blog saying rescuers would reach her in a day.
Rescuers had been seeking to contact the nearest ship, 400 miles away.
One of the beacons was believed to have been attached to a survival suit and was designed to be set off by a person in the water or on a life raft. 'It's huge, fantastic, exciting news.'Ībbey's parents lost satellite phone contact with her after she had told them she had been repeatedly knocked down in 60-knot winds and 50-foot waves, about 2,000 miles east of Madagascar. 'She's fine, the boat's afloat and she's on it,' he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Laurence Sunderland said rescuers on board a chartered Australian airline made contact with her earlier today and that she was alive.
