11 Indonesian fishermen rescued from Australia’s offshore area, eight feared dead

Eleven Indonesian fishermen stranded on a barren island off northwest Australia for six days without food and water have been rescued, while eight others are feared dead. They were swept out to sea by a powerful tropical cyclone. Officials gave this information on Wednesday. Last Friday, two Indonesian fishing boats were hit by Cyclone Ilsa. It was Australia’s most powerful storm in eight years, with winds of up to 289 kilometers per hour.

Australia’s Maritime Safety Authority said in a statement, quoting survivors, that the boat ‘Putri Jaya’ capsized due to bad weather on April 11 or 12 when Ilsa was strengthening in the Indian Ocean and headed towards the coast. Got drowned According to the statement, the second boat named ‘Express 1’ with 10 people on board ran aground on Bedwell Island in the early hours of April 12. It states that a known person aboard ‘Putri Jaya’ came to this island after being under water for 30 hours. They were all stranded on Bedwell Island without food and water for six days and were rescued by authorities on Monday night, the authority said. The men were spotted by the Australian Border Force on Monday from an aircraft during a routine surveillance mission.

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