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Two Russians and a Frenchman were rescued by Australian authorities. Sharks had attacked their inflatable catamaran.
A cargo ship has come to the rescue of two Russians and a Frenchman whose boat was attacked by sharks off the coast of Australia, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority reported on Wednesday.
The three men were rescued by a cargo ship as they floated aboard an inflatable catamaran in the shark-infested Coral Sea some 800km southeast of the city of Cairns (northeast).
“Several shark attacks”
“Both hulls of the boat were damaged following several shark attackssaid the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) in a statement. According to ASMA, the three surviving sailors wanted to reach the city of Cairns from the Vanuatu archipelago, located more than 2000 km away.
Early Wednesday morning, they activated a distress beacon. Footage taken from a helicopter showed the massive Dugong Ace freighter approaching the catamaran which was floating in calm seas.
The Coral Sea is teeming with gray reef sharks and other species, such as tuna and marlin. According to the Australian government, it is home to more sharks “than almost any other monitored site in the world“.