BREAKING: Four Australians, who went missing while on a surfing trip in Indonesia on Sunday, have been found alive floating in the water. 9News FULL STORY:
Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse , Will Teage and Jordan Short have been found alive.Three local crew members had also been onboard the boat.
He thanked boat users for joining the search overnight, but called for the Australian and Indonesian governments to "get some planes up". "The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to the families of four Australians onboard and is working closely with Indonesian authorities to support search and rescue efforts," a spokesperson said.Teagle's sister, Amy, said a group of 12 was on two wooden longboats heading from Nias island, about 120 kilometres from the North Sumatra coast, to the Banyak Islands, in Aceh.One of the boats reached the destination but the other hasn't.
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