Abby Sunderland's father says her quest is now over

8:26 AM Fri 11 Jun 2010 GMT
Crew on a Qantas plane have made contact with a solo sailor who is in trouble in the southern Indian Ocean. American adventurer Abby Sunderland, 16, activated two distress signals last night and an international rescue operation has been launched involving Australian and French authorities. A spokesman for Qantas says an Airbus aircraft has found the teenage sailor in an area about 2,000 nautical miles off the West Australian coast. Abby's father, Laurence Sunderland, has told ABC Local 702 Sydney the search and rescue vessel has made contact with the 16-year-old. 'They've verified she's not injured. The boat is not ...

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