Three men were rescued from the Coral Sea off the coast of Australia after several shark attacks left their boat significantly damaged and partially submerged.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it rescued three men from the Coral Sea after their 30-foot inflatable catamaran was damaged in"several shark attacks."who were expecting to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday. The Cairns-based Challenger Rescue Aircraft was also deployed to the location.
Joe Zeller, duty manager at the AMSA's Canberra response center, said all three men are"healthy and well," adding that they were"very happy to be rescued."Aerial photos taken by the agency showed major damage to the partially submerged catamaran, and the front section of one hull could be seen completely broken off.
Zeller said the GPS-encoded EPIRB allowed the sailors' location to be quickly pinpointed, so that a life-saving rescue could take place. The three sailors were traveling from the Pacific Island Nation of Vanuatu to Cairns, Australia, when their boat was significantly damaged by sharks. They were more than 500 miles east of the Australian coast when rescuers reached them.
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