In the history of women who drifted half a year in the ocean, they found inconsistencies

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Representatives CNN found several inconsistencies in the history of two women from Hawaii, who were rescued last week by American sailors.

The women on board had an emergency beacon that had not been activated for about five months.

"Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuaba had one EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) on board that was properly registered," Marine 2nd Class Tara Molle told CNN.

The emergency beacon, which is located on many ships, is used to alert rescue sites around the world in case of an emergency, “by transmitting a coded message on the 406 MHz distress frequency via satellite and earth stations to the nearest rescue coordination center, reports EPIRB.com.

Molle told CNN that “as far as we know, the EPIRB on their sailboat is working fine. I can't understand why they didn't activate it. ”

Appel said that they decided not to activate the lighthouse because they thought to get to the safe haven to repair the motor, because they had food and water on board.

“EPIRB alerts are intended for people who are in an immediate life-threatening scenario,” she said. “We asked for help the day it became necessary, and help came. We are grateful for this."

Five month odyssey

Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuaba back in May of this year decided to Take a trip from Hawaii to Tahiti. During the storm, the ship's engine became unusable, and a strong wind drove the yacht into the open ocean.

Women sent help signals more than once, but because of the distance from the coast, they did not reach there. For almost six months there were no ships nearby.

That week, the Taiwanese fishing vessel found a pair in 1 448 km (900 miles) from Japan, almost 8 000 km (5000 miles) from the planned destination.

The vessel turned to the US Coast Guard in Guam for help. Found out that the ship of the US Navy "Ashland" was in the best position to pick up travelers.

The filter for water purification and an annual supply of food, including pasta, oatmeal and rice, saved the girls from starvation.

Storm that never happened?

Further confusion in the history of the two women also arose when they claimed that they had fallen into a violent storm at sea.

Two women say they set off from the Hawaiian Islands on May 3. Appel claims that “on the first night,” they faced a storm that they fought for three days.

However, Normand Hui, a meteorologist at the National Meteorological Service in Honolulu, told CNN that "there were no storms near the Hawaiian Islands from the date 3 in May 2017 a year or a few days later."

Appel said that four days after the storm had subsided, part of the mast and sailing system broke. They also stated that by the end of the first month a heavy rain had de-energized the starter on the boat engine.

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