The U.S. Coast Guard said five people were rescued after their sailboat began to sink far off the coast of Cape Hatteras on Thursday.

Coast Guard watchstanders received a distress call that a sailboat named Magic Bus was taking on water about 260 nautical miles offshore, and all five people on board were abandoning ship into a life raft.

Air Station Elizabeth City launched an HC-130 Hercules and an MH-60 Jayhawk in response, and also diverted a Coast Guard cutter. The Hercules aircraft located the life raft, established communications with the people on board, and confirmed they were OK.

While en route, the Jayhawk helicopter crew had to coordinate with the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush for fueling support, because of how far the raft was from shore.

The Jayhawk was then able

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