Missing Malaysia Airlines MH370: 'It's a desolate stretch of water', says ocean survivor

By Benjamin Millar and Bridie Smith
Updated March 22 2014 - 5:08pm, first published March 21 2014 - 7:10pm
British yachtsman Tony Bullimore gives Chief Petty Officer Peter Wicker a kiss for being the man that pulled him from the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean.
British yachtsman Tony Bullimore gives Chief Petty Officer Peter Wicker a kiss for being the man that pulled him from the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean.
A photo taken on March 21, 2014, shows a crew member on a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion aircraft participating in the Australian Maritime Safety Authority-led search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the Southern Indian Ocean. Spotter planes spent a second fruitless day scouring a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean for wreckage from a Malaysian jet.  Australian and US military aircraft usually used for anti-submarine operations criss-crossed the isolated search area 2,500 kilometres (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth, looking for two floating objects that had shown up on grainy satellite photos taken several days before.  AFP PHOTO - POOL / BOHDAN WARCHOMIJ Photo: BOHDAN WARCHOMIJ
A photo taken on March 21, 2014, shows a crew member on a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion aircraft participating in the Australian Maritime Safety Authority-led search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the Southern Indian Ocean. Spotter planes spent a second fruitless day scouring a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean for wreckage from a Malaysian jet. Australian and US military aircraft usually used for anti-submarine operations criss-crossed the isolated search area 2,500 kilometres (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth, looking for two floating objects that had shown up on grainy satellite photos taken several days before. AFP PHOTO - POOL / BOHDAN WARCHOMIJ Photo: BOHDAN WARCHOMIJ
Flying Officer Benjamin Hepworth searches from a Royal Australian Airforce AP-3C Orion from Pearce Airforce Base during a search mission for possible MH370 debris on March 21, 2014 in Perth. Photo: Pool
Flying Officer Benjamin Hepworth searches from a Royal Australian Airforce AP-3C Orion from Pearce Airforce Base during a search mission for possible MH370 debris on March 21, 2014 in Perth. Photo: Pool

British sailor Tony Bullimore could claim better than anyone to know the wild southern Indian Ocean waters in which members of the air search team are hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.

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