There was a South Korean fishing boat that caught fire less than 400 miles north of here. Three of the crew members are dead. Seven of the injured fishermen are on board a U.S. Antarctic Program research vessel heading toward McMurdo right now. They are supposed to be medevaced to Christchurch on my flight.
Here are some news articles about it:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6247766/US-jet-to-evacuate-hurt-inferno-ship-crew
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/missing-37-rescued-korean-fishing-boat-fire-15332662#.Tw5cb0rd6qG
They moved the flight back by 6 hours to make sure that they have enough time to get the injured fishermen here. They also told us that some of us might be bumped to the next flight scheduled for early Monday morning. Hopefully I find out more information soon about what's going on.
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