Five survivors found after months adrift near Kiribati
World · First reported 1 Nov, 23:45 · Updated 00:07
Five people, including two children, were rescued from a drifting boat near Fanning Island in Kiribati after a voyage that began in Micronesia. Four others who were aboard remain unaccounted for in the supplied reporting.
- The five survivors were found on Sunday by villagers on Fanning Island, Kiribati, after drifting for an estimated 5,400 kilometres.
- The group of nine set out on July 30 for a one-hour crossing between Murilo and Ruo in the Federated States of Micronesia and was caught in a storm.
- The four other people have not been accounted for in the supplied reports; the survivors have received medical attention, and a return-home process was being discussed.
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- People rescued
- Five, including two children
- People originally aboard
- Nine
- Departure
- July 30; planned one-hour crossing from Murilo to Ruo
- Rescue location
- Fanning Island, Kiribati
- Estimated distance drifted
- 5,400 kilometres
- Search suspended
- August 9, after 10 days
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