They were on a coral atoll off Australia’s west coast for six days without food or supplies. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SYDNEY - A group of Indonesian fishermen are recovering after being shipwrecked on a coral atoll off Australia’s west coast for six days without food or supplies, authorities said Wednesday.
An eleventh fisherman from a second vessel also washed ashore after treading water for 30 hours – but authorities fear his nine crewmates drowned after their boat sank in heavy seas. Bedwell Island is remote, exposed and inhospitable – little more than a bare stretch of white sand with no natural shelter or freshwater sources.
They are now receiving medical treatment on the Australian mainland and will return to Indonesia once they have recovered, officials said.
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