Three sailors from Russia and France have been rescued after the inflatable catamaran they were trying to sail in from Vanuatu to Australia came under attack from sharks.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it responded to an alert from an emergency beacon at about 1:30 a.m. When rescuers arrived at the scene more than 800 kilometers east of thecoast in the Coral Sea, they found both hulls of the men's 9-meter boat had been damaged after several shark attacks.
The agency enlisted the help of a Panamanian-flagged ship, the vehicle-carrying “Dugong Ace,” which was able to complete the rescue and take the two Russians and one Frenchman aboard. A rescue plane also flew to the scene. “The three males were very happy to be rescued, and they’re all healthy and well," said Joe Zeller, duty manager at the agency's Canberra response center.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.Zeller said a journey from the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu to Australia on such a vessel would usually take two to three weeks.
Aerial photos showed major damage to the catamaran, with the front section of one hull completely missing.
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