On 1 February 2019, 1,240 miles east of Puerto Rico in the Antilles, Atlantic Ocean, a lone Italian yachter in his 6.5-metre vessel was en route from Cape Verde to the Bahamas.
His keel broke, and he set off his Cospas-Sarsat 406 EPIRB.
The Cospas-Sarsat alert was received by MRCC Fort de France and was the first and only alert in the case.
The MRCC Fort de France worked in coordination with the MRCC Roma, and tasked an oil tanker that was en route from the USA to Singapore to his aid.
The tanker was diverted and took ten hours to arrive, rescuing both the yachter and his craft, transporting them to Singapore for pickup.
