Russian rescued after 67 days adrift in waters fringing Pacific

15/10/2024 13:03

        Russian authorities said on Tuesday they had rescued a man whose tiny boat drifted for 67 days since August in waters edging the northwestern Pacific, but his brother and nephew died during the ordeal.
        
        Social media images showed a thin, bearded man wearing a hooded jacket and orange emergency vest in a catamaran-like sailboat flying a red flag from a small pole.
        
        "On Oct 14, a vessel was discovered in the waters of the Sea of Okhotsk," legal authorities in Russia's Far East said on the Telegram messaging app, referring to waters that sprawl over 1.58 mln sq km.
        
        "Two people died, one survived," added the regional prosecutor's office charged with handling transport issues. "He is receiving medical assistance."
        
        The boat with the man and bodies aboard was finally sighted by fishermen near the village of Ust-Khayruzovo, off the coast of the Kamchatka peninsula, the post added.
        
        Authorities did not immediately identify the voyagers.