TIL an Air Canada passenger flight took a detour and dropped from 37,000 feet to 4,000 feet to help find a stranded yacht off the Australian coast. It took the passengers 25 minutes after the emergency beacon was activated to locate the yacht.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/18/travel/australia-yacht-rescue/



Submitted April 04, 2015 at 09:28PM by garglemymarbles http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/31ffpq/til_an_air_canada_passenger_flight_took_a_detour/