'Sighting' in hijacked yacht hunt

Reported by teletext on Tuesday, 27 October 2009 (on October 27, 2009)

Rescue teams are investigating a possible sighting of a yacht belonging to a British couple that is thought to have been hijacked by pirates.Paul and Rachel Chandler, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, went missing while sailing from the Seychelles towards Tanzania.The European Union Naval Force Somalia said it had located a yacht about 200 miles to the east of the Somali port of Haradheere.But a spokesman said he did not want to give the family "false hope" and added investigations were continuing."One of the ship's helicopters involved in the investigation saw a yacht towing a pirate's skiff (a small boat)," said the spokesman."As light was fading, it was impossible to identify it. It was the first yacht we've seen. It's in the area where we've been looking for this yacht."I don't want to give the family false hope. We are treating the sighting very seriously. There will be at least two European Union Naval Force ships going to investigate."He said searches would continue throughout the night but refused to speculate whether the sighting was confirmation the couple had been captured by pirates.He added it had not been possible to see the name of the boat.

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