Air Canada 777 Makes Unusual Detour To Find Pacific Yacht - 10/17/12 12:50 AM
Here is a great story from Plane Talking.
"The diversion of two scheduled jets on flights to Sydney yesterday to pinpoint a missing yacht was not only unusual, and successful, but quite remarkable in the case of one of them, an Air Canada Boeing 777-200LR which had already been in the air for around 14 hours on a trip that normally takes 15 hours 30 minutes from Vancouver."
Some more technical details (and comments) at the Aviation Herald.
"The diversion of two scheduled jets on flights to Sydney yesterday to pinpoint a missing yacht was not only unusual, and successful, but quite remarkable in the case of one of them, an Air Canada Boeing 777-200LR which had already been in the air for around 14 hours on a trip that normally takes 15 hours 30 minutes from Vancouver."
Some more technical details (and comments) at the Aviation Herald.