[dr_lew]

It located her 12m yacht, Wild Eyes, that afternoon. It's been reported the Qantas charter cost $10,000 an hour.

Mr Albanese said the episode proved Australia was a world leader in search and rescue.

Well now, see? see? It's cheap advertising!

[Travis McGee]

The airbus did not “locate” her. She was never lost. Her position every minute was known to a few yards, via her sat EPIRB.

All the airbus did was fly past her known location, to chat with her on VHF and get the “I’m alive.”

It didn’t “locate” her. It was not “searching” for her. It was just flying directly to her known position.