Spašeni na pacifičkom otočiću nakon što su ispisali veliki “SOS” u pijesku

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epa08582829 A handout photo made available by the Australian Department of Defence shows an Australian Army ARH-90 Tiger Helicopter landing on Pikelot Island in the Federated States of Micronesia, 02 August 2020 (issued 04 August 2020), where three men were found safe and healthy after missing for three days. Their SOS message outlined on a beach was spotted from the air by Australian and US aircraft searching the area.  EPA/AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE HANDOUT -- MANDATORY CREDIT: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 2020 -- HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES *** Local Caption *** HMAS Canberra and its embarked aviation assets have assisted in locating the three-person crew of a skiff that had been missing for nearly three days in waters off the Federated States of Micronesia. The men were found on 2 August in good condition on Pikelot Island, 190 kilometres west of where they had set off in their 23-foot (seven-metre) skiff on 30 July. Their SOS message outlined on a beach was spotted from the air by Australian and US aircraft searching the area. 

The Australian Defence Force had been asked for search and rescue support by the Rescue and Coordination Centre (RCC) in Guam on the afternoon of 1 August 2020. 

A US Air Force KC-135 aircraft located a rudimentary SOS sign on the beach, which queued HMAS Canberra and her embarked helicopters to locate the missing sailors. A US Coast Guard C-130 aircraft also assisted in the search, providing supplies and communications through an air drop.

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Trojica mornara s Mikronezije, čija se brodica nasukala na malome zabačenom otoku u zapadnom Pacifiku, spašena su pošto su australski i američki ratni zrakoplovi primijetili golemu SOS poruku ispisanu u pijesku.

Njihov nestanak prijavljen je prije tri dana, nakon što je njihovo plovilo ostalo bez goriva, daleko od zacrtanog kursa.

Vlasti Guama, obližnjega američkog teritorija, pokrenule su potragu u subotu.

Pripadnici australske vojske iz helikoptera su zamijetili veliki SOS znak što su ga mornari ispisali na plaži, nakon čega su sletjeli ondje i pružili im pomoć.

Mornari su dobrog zdravlja i prošli su bez većih ozljeda, izvijestila je australska vojska.

Uspjeli su doploviti do otoka Pikelot, gotovo 200 kilometara zapadno od mjesta s kojega su isplovili u sedam metara dugoj brodici.

Mornari će patrolnim brodom biti prebačeni do svojih domova.

Mikronezija se nalazi u zapadnom Tihom oceanu, a čini je oko 600 manjih otoka i atola razbacanih po golemom oceanskom prostranstvu.

 

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