The Virginia Coast Guard said rescuers coordinated with one of the world's biggest warships in an operation to rescue five people stranded after their 'Magic Bus' boat took on water

Passengers aboard a sailing boat issued an urgent distress call after their vessel capsized in choppy waters hundreds of miles out to sea.

Five people were left stranded 260 nautical miles - 399 miles - off Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, the US, on Thursday after their boat started taking on water, the Virginia Coast Guard said. The service said in a statement that Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders received a distress call from the crew of the Magic Bus when five people were forced to abandon ship.

They had reported their vessel was taking on water, and that they had to fle

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