Rescue drill – and real life happens

– A search and rescue exercise turned real for a US Coast Guard crew who found six Tongan fishermen missing at sea for a week, New Zealand officials said yesterday.

Tongan police raised the alarm as the US Coast Guard C-130 Hercules was preparing to return to Honolulu following a drill. They dropped the men food, water, a radio and a transponder before a Tongan vessel rescued them. – AFP