Guy de Boer was urgently evacuated from a sailboat in the South Atlantic during the McIntyre GGR, reports Sail-World.com.
The rescue operation followed an emergency request as the sailor's vessel encountered difficulties near the race route, per Sail-World.com.
Flight PR-GGX is descending toward Rio de Janeiro at 4,700 ft, heading southeast, while GLO2090 approaches from the northeast at 3,800 ft, reports local air traffic control.
The incident occurred in the South Atlantic, where maritime conditions can change rapidly, according to recent weather monitoring.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. Its words also reach E11 organizations, E7 ecosystems and E8 minds.
Here it is a dynamic between organizations, ecosystems and minds: sailboat, rescue operation, Flight PR-GGX and GLO2090 (E11 organizations), with South Atlantic and maritime conditions (E7 ecosystems), and weather monitoring (E8 minds).
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: sailboat, rescue operation, Flight PR-GGX, GLO2090, air traffic control.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: South Atlantic, maritime conditions.
The floor of minds and discovery. In this briefing: weather monitoring.