Just in case it escaped your attention gents, while you were discussing the finer points of Air Legislation and NVFR, the Capricorn crew (including the experienced Vietnam Vet pilot "Mick") narrowly escaped being drowned while attempting - rightly or wrongly to save human life.
OTOH as it turns out, it'd have been far better for all concerned if they'd just let the b@st@rds drown.
You see these two "distressed Malaysian yachties" were actually BIG TIME drug smugglers bringing in bulk "stuff" and were arrested today in Australia's biggest ever drug bust. See -
www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,2374551%255E3102,00.html
"TWO Malaysian nationals have been charged with importing illicit drugs after an overnight seizure of about 300kg of amphetamine-based designer drugs from a yacht and a Queensland house.
The men, aged 45 and 30, will appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court today, charged with importing prohibited substances.
If convicted, they could face a maximum 25 years in jail.
The drugs came from a house on the Gold Coast and from the yacht Zen, which was moored off Mooloolaba and was believed to include the designer drugs ecstasy, ice and a relatively new import known as eden.
Federal Customs Minister Chris Ellison said forensic experts were analysing the drugs to identify their strength and character and to determine their street value.
Senator Ellison said he was unable to release further details of the arrest because the operation, which began last year, was ongoing.
But he said the "significant" seizure had come after a tip off to a Customs Watch hotline. "It would be one of the most significant seizures of this drug in Australia, we have had other seizures - only one or two - that rival this in size," Senator Ellison said.
He said the variety of drugs showed traffickers were catering to an established market. "
What a pity it didn't happen in their own country where the scum would have been executed.