Air Canada jet passengers and crew hunt down missing yacht

17 October 2012 Last updated at 12:26 ET Help

An Air Canada passenger plane dropped 30,000 feet in order to help a yacht that was in distress.

The plane had been bound for Sydney, but strayed from its original flight path to help locate the yacht, which was low on fuel and had a broken mast.

Daniela Relph reports.

Read More

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.