The group spent six days without food or water on a barren island after their two wooden boats were hit by Cyclone Ilsa
1:07Eight fishermen are feared to have drowned and another 11 have been rescued from an island off the Australian coast after they were caught in the path of a tropical cyclone.
One of the boats, Putri Jaya, sank in"extreme weather conditions" on 11 or 12 April while Ilsa was gathering strength over the Indian Ocean, Australian Maritime Safety Authority said in a statement. "They had to conduct winch recoveries which, in itself, is a challenging task," Mr Watt told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The survivors were taken to Broome Hospital where authorities reported them in good health. They are expected to be flown back to Indonesia soon.
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