Australia's largest maritime rescue

Australia's largest maritime rescue in peacetime involved 38 rotary and fixed-wing aircraft that pulled 50 sailors from six yachts that foundered in an intense storm during the annual 725-mi. Sydney-to-Hobart race. Six competitors lost their lives in the storm, which dumped snow on Australia's Alps...

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