Virgin Challenger capsizes

The speedboat overturns in heavy seas 140 miles short of its target, the Scilly Islands off Cornwall in the southwest of England. It had already developed a  fuel leak, and was only able to continue after picking up more petrol in an unscheduled rendezvous with a container ship. The crew, including Branson, are spotted floating in life boats by helicopters from the Royal Navy air station at Culdrose, Cornwall. They are picked up by a passing ship and airlifted to hospital.