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AP-APTN-0830: World Sailing Girl 3 Friday, 11 June 2010 STORY:World Sailing Girl 3- REPLAY US girl lost at sea found ADDS Watson sot LENGTH: 04:23 FIRST RUN: 0630 RESTRICTIONS: See script TYPE: English/Natsound SOURCE: Various STORY NUMBER: 648123 DATELINE: Various - 11 June 2010/FILE LENGTH: 04:23 ++CLIENTS PLEASE REPLACE EDIT SENT EARLIER WITH THIS ONE WHICH CORRECTS VIDEO AND AUDIO LEVELS++ AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET CHANNEL 10 - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA AUBC - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA SHOTLIST (FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA NZ PRIME NEWS - 11 JUNE 2010) ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET FILE: Los Angeles, California, USA - January 2010, exact date unknown 1 Mid of Abby Sunderland as she sails off for her around the world trip 2 Wide of Sunderland's boat out in water 3 Various of Abby Sunderland's boat setting off on her around the world trip (FIRST RUN 0430 NEWS UPDATE - 11 JUNE 2010) AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Thousand Oaks, California, USA - 10 June 2010 4 Mid of Sunderland's home 5 SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeff Casher, Team Support Associate: We believe that the boat is still floating, we believe that she is inside and okay, we don't know if the boat is floating upside down or right side up It's a water tight boat, it's a category zero, open 40, so it's designed for these kind of conditions and for these kinds of accidents (FIRST RUN 0430 NEWS UPDATE - 11 JUNE 2010) AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Marina del Ray, California - 10 June 2010 6 Wide of Del Ray Yacht club where Sunderland departed from 7 Mid of Yacht club sign 8 Wide of marina 9 Mid of boat owners working on their crafts 10 Wide of marina (FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA NZ PRIME NEWS - 11 JUNE 2010) ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET FILE: Los Angeles, California, USA - Recent 2010, exact date unknown 11 Various of Abby Sunderland on her boat during her around the world trip (FIRST RUN 0430 NEWS UPDATE - 11 JUNE 2010) AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Thousand Oaks, California, USA - 10 June 2010 13 SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeff Casher, Team Support Associate: So obviously something on the boat happened that caused her to believe she needed to activate her emergency locator and the three things that are most likely are either the keel hit something and snapped off and the boat went upside down, at which point it will float because it has four water tight compartments Or something like the mast came down and in danger of puncturing the hull if she tries to sail it anywhere And the third possibility is that it can get a little uncomfortable and violent out there when the boat gets knocked down and you can get thrown across the cabin, she might just have gotten thrown across the cabin and gotten hurt to the point where she is not able to sail the boat 14 Mid of Sunderland's home (FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA NZ PRIME NEWS - 11 JUNE 2010) ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET Thousand Oaks, California, USA - 10 June 2010 15 SOUNDBITE: (English) Zac Sunderland, Brother of Missing Sailor Yes, she is a very accomplished sailor, but she is in the Southern Ocean and the Indian Ocean right now and its a very dangerous place, so we are just getting everything together and the rescue crew should be there in about 40 hours, so its about all I know right now and all I can tell you guys (FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA NZ PRIME NEWS - 11 JUNE 2010) ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET FILE: Los Angeles, California, USA - January 2010, exact date unknown 16 Wide of sailor's boat as she set sail on her around the world trip (FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA NZ PRIME NEWS - 11 JUNE 2010) ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET Los Angeles, California, USA - 10 June 2010 17 Mid of Abby's blog, her last entry before she lost contact 18 Close of Abby's blog from June 9th, where she says she's been in some rough weather (FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA NZ PRIME NEWS - 11 JUNE 2010) ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/INTERNET FILE: Los Angeles, California - Recent 2010, exact date unknown 19 Various of Sunderland on her boat during her around the world trip (FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE - 11 JUNE 2010) CHANNEL 10 - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA Perth, Australia - 11 June 2010 20 Various of Qantas plane on tarmac at Perth Airport preparing to leave for search 21 Mid of search and rescue workers boarding plane 22 Wide of plane taking off (FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE - 11 JUNE 2010) AUBC - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA Canberra, Australia - 11 June 2010 23 Close of sign reading: (English) Australian Maritime Safety Authority 24 Close of Australian Maritime Safety Authority worker looking at maps on table 25 Pan from photograph of Abby Sunderland's boat to map of Australia and surrounding ocean (FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE - 11 JUNE 2010) AUBC - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA Sydney, Australia - 11 June 2010 26 SOUNDBITE: (English) Ian Kiernan, Australian round-the-world sailor: I don't know what she's doing in the Southern Ocean as a 16-year-old in the middle of winter, it's foolhardy And the fact that her e-pirb went off attached to the life raft, I thought perhaps the raft had washed overboard, and that may still be the case But two e-pirbs going off, it's a bit sinister to me (FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE - 11 JUNE 2010) AUBC - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA Canberra, Australia - 11 June 2010 27 Mid of Australian Maritime Safety Authority worker looking at maps on computer 28 Close of maritime maps on computer screen 29 Mid of Australian Maritime Safety Authority worker talking on phone ++NEW (FIRST RUN 0630 ASIA PRIME NEWS - 11 JUNE 2010) Channel 10 - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA Mooloolaba, Queensland - 11 June 2010 30 Wide of Australian teenage sailor Jessica Watson's boat 'Ella's Pink Lady' moored in harbour 31 SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Watson, Australian teenage sailor: Like everyone we have only heard what everyone's heard, and just really thinking of Abby and particularly her family as well So I understand what she's going through and (my) thoughts are with her, thoughts and best wishes 32 Wide of Watson standing on boat STORYLINE A 16-year-old Southern California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean with rescue boats headed toward her, officials said Searchers aboard a Qantas Airbus A330 spotted Abby Sunderland's boat in an upright position and made contact with her via radio late Thursday, family spokesman William Bennett said A Qantas Airline spokesman said the teenager was spotted half way between Australia and Africa and the plane crew spoke with her by radio He said Abby was fine and although the yacht was damaged it was seaworthy The spokesman said Sunderland told searchers she was inside the boat and doing fine with a space heater and at least two weeks worth of food Support team member Jeff Casher said the boat had gotten knocked on its side several times and the mast had broken The French regional administration on the island of Reunion also confirmed contact, which occurred Friday in that region of the Indian Ocean, and said it had sent three boats in her direction, the first is expected to reach her on Saturday The communication with Sunderland was the first since satellite phone communications were lost and her emergency beacons began signalling on Thursday She had made several broken calls to her family and reported her yacht was being tossed by 30-foot (9-meter) waves The 11 trained observers aboard the plane, which left the western Australian city of Perth early Friday, spoke with Abby by close-range VHF marine radio, officials said A Western Australia state police spokesman said the crew couldn't drop her anything The jet faced a 4,700-mile (7,600-kilometre) round trip from Perth to Sunderland's boat, which is near the limit of its range, Clifford said Abby's family and support team had expressed confidence that she was alive because the beacons were deliberately turned on rather than set off automatically Yes, she is a very accomplished sailor, but she is in the Southern Ocean and the Indian Ocean right now and its a very dangerous place, her brother Zac, himself a veteran of a solo sail around the world at age 17, told reporters earlier But renowned Australian round-the-world sailor Ian Kiernan said Abby should not have been in the southern Indian Ocean during the current southern hemisphere winter Conditions can quickly become perilous for any sailor exposed to the elements in that part of the world Her brother said Abby was prepared and mentally tough Abby last communicated with her family at 4 am local time (7 am EDT, 1100 GMT) Thursday and reported 30-foot (9-meter) swells but was not in distress, a family spokesman said Casher said Abby had to make repeated calls with her satellite phone because of sketchy connections He said she had been in rough weather and had a problem with her engine, which she eventually managed to start The team then asked her to check other things on the boat An hour later the family was notified that her emergency beacons had been activated, and there was no further communication A lifelong sailor whose father is a shipwright and has a yacht management company, Abby set sail from Los Angeles County's Marina del Rey in her 40-foot (12-meter) boat, Wild Eyes, on January 23 in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone without stopping Her brother briefly held the record in 2009 Abby soon ran into equipment problems and had to stop for repairs She gave up the goal of setting the record in April, but continued on On May 15, Australian 16-year-old Jessica Watson claimed the record after completing a 23,000-mile (37,000-kilometre) circumnavigation in 210 days Abby left Cape Town, South Africa, on May 21 and on Monday reached the halfway point of her voyage On Wednesday, she wrote in her log that it had been a rough few days with huge seas that had her boat rolling around like crazy Information on her website said that as of June 8 she had completed a 2,100-mile (3,400-kilometre) leg from South Africa to north of the Kerguelen Islands, taking a route to avoid an ice hazard area Ahead of her lay more than 2,100 miles (3,400 kilometres) of ocean on a 10- to 16-day leg to a point south of Cape Leeuwin on the southwest tip of Australia Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchivecom (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory APTN APEX 06-11-10 0434EDT