Australians Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, Jordan Short and Will Teagle and the rest of the party of 12 friends on holiday in Indonesia left the remote Pinang Island on Friday.
The Australian surfers rescued at sea in the Banyak Islands are on their way back home after the misadventure of a lifetime, leaving their private island beach retreat on Friday.
A ship with the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency, Basarnas, was accompanying them to the island, from where there are direct flights to the city of Medan on Sumatra.Foote earlier told Nine’sprogram in an interview from Pinang Island of his experience being separated on his surfboard from the rest of the group before they were found floating on Tuesday.
“I had no contact other than the three others and our guys prior to being picked up by two local fishermen.“Just not knowing if anyone else was out there, if anyone else had been picked up already or anything like that was a bit daunting.” While they begin to make their way back to Australia, rescue teams, the military and police, as well as local fishermen and boat owners,The 22-year-old’s two crewmates were also saved on Tuesday but he has not been seen since Monday when he drifted away in a current.The search operation is due to last until Monday, marking seven days since his disappearance, but“The family suspects Fivan is stranded somewhere but he is still alive.
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