An Austrian couple have been rescued from their yacht near American Samoa after getting into trouble for the second time in a week.The skipper of the yacht made a distress call at about 11pm yesterday indicating they were prepared to abandon ship 407km east of American Samoa, the Rescue Co-ordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) said.A fishing boat called the Tifa Imoana, which was close by, picked up the couple from the 12.8m yacht Gobo about 9am today.\This was a serious situation in a largely empty area of ocean