Posted on 01/26/2008 12:28:19 AM PST by naturalman1975
AN Australian Navy vessel sent to rescue an injured crewman from a Spanish fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean should reach the ship by about midday tomorrow. Search and Rescue Australia based in Perth called on Defence for assistance yesterday after receiving news of the crewman with a badly broken arm.
The fishing vessel Illa Gaveira was last positioned about 1400km west of Perth.
"After exhausting efforts to have a civilian ship respond to the call for assistance, and finding the vessel is out of range of a rotary wing aircraft, Defence responded," Defence spokesman Andrew Nikolic said.
HMAS Warramunga left Fremantle about 1pm (AEDT) today.
"The civilian ship is currently travelling east at 10 knots and the Warramunga is headed west at 18 knots," he said.
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My Godness how far we have to go these days to catch a fish!
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