A photo taken by the Australian Defence Force shows an army ARH Tiger helicopter landing near the letters"SOS" on Pikelot Island. SYDNEY: Three Micronesian sailors stranded on a tiny island in the remote Western Pacific were rescued after Australian and US warplanes spotted a giant"SOS" they had scrawled on the beach, officials said.
The Australian Defence Force said it found the men on Sunday on tiny Pikelot Island, about 190km from where they set sail three days earlier.The men blew off course and ran out of fuel in a 7m skiff between two of the 600-plus islands and atolls that make up Micronesia. The Micronesian sailors were rescued after a search party spotted a giant SOS they had scrawled on the beach.
Alerted by the Pacific Rescue and Coordination Centre in Guam, US and Australian military aircraft joined the search for the missing vessel and spotted their SOS message on Sunday. A helicopter dispatched from Australia's HMAS Canberra flew to the island with food and water and found the three men in good condition.A Micronesia patrol vessel was then sent to recover the men, the Australian Defence Force said.
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