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title: "Airbus scrambled to search for teen solo sailor Abby Sunderland"
description: "The nearest ship is about a day away, so Australia has sent an Airbus on a four hour flight to try and spot – and hopefully make radio contact with – Abby Sunderland. The teenager manually activated two distress beacons, one on her yacht and one on her person, but no details are available beyond that. The failure of a water-activated distress signal to go off could mean her vessel has not capsized, but that will only be known later today. Sydney Morning Herald"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Sport"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-06-11-airbus-scrambled-to-search-for-teen-solo-sailor-abby-sunderland/"
published: "2010-06-11T06:42:34"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:01:41"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1
---

# Airbus scrambled to search for teen solo sailor Abby Sunderland

> The nearest ship is about a day away, so Australia has sent an Airbus on a four hour flight to try and spot – and hopefully make radio contact with – Abby Sunderland. The teenager manually activated two distress beacons, one on her yacht and one on her person, but no details are available beyond that. The failure of a water-activated distress signal to go off could mean her vessel has not capsized, but that will only be known later today. [Sydney Morning Herald](http://www.smh.com.au/world/search-for-teen-sailor-airbus-nears-last-known-location-20100611-y0tq.html?autostart=1)

By Andy Rice · Published 11 June 2010, 08:42 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:01 SAST

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