A Bass Strait abalone fisherman is in trouble. He is in forty foot seas and his boat is taking on water. Naturally he is radioing for help. Over the air comes a voice.
This is Captain Forsyth Fokker Friendship F28 VHK 837 bound from Hobart to Melbourne, please state the nature of your problem.
Fisherman: My boat. She's a sinking!
Captain Forsyth Fokker Friendship VHK 837, please state your position, your immediate situation.
Fisherman: I'm a sitting ina the wheelhouse, and I'ma upa to my knees in water.
Captain Forsyth Fokker Friendship VHK 837, what assistance do you require?
Fisherman: I needa the. rescue boat.
Captain Forsyth Fokker Friendship VHK 837 - Fisherman interrupts: Capatain Forsyth! I no needa the Fokker Friendship. I want the fokka outta here!
