A Coast Guard review and subsequent interviews with Appel and Fuiava revealed that they had the device aboard their sailboat but never turned it on. Appel and Fuiava also said they had six forms of communication that all failed. She said they received a Coast Guard storm warning 3 May. It’s not clear it if was the women, who told the Coast Guard they were 1,500 miles away, near Christmas Island. More than five months after they departed, the women were picked up in good health about 900 miles (1,448km) southeast of Japan.

Source: The Guardian October 31, 2017 19:27 UTC