AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2011
TAS:Police fuming at mayday hoax
Tasmanian police are furious at a man who issued a fake mayday call .. sparking a massive
air and sea search near Bruny Island.
Police dispatched six aircraft and eight vessels yesterday after receiving a radio
call from a man who said his boat was taking on water.
A second radio call was received from a man claiming he'd spotted an overturned tinny
in the area and the search was called off as police believe one man made both radio calls.
Police are investigating the hoax .. saying the perpetrator could face a series of
marine and fraud charges.
AAP RTV pbc/nap
KEYWORD: TINNY (HOBART)
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