US EditionFamily missing for 7 days found alive by U.S. Coast Guard in Pacific Ocean
The Coast Guard said the search covered more than 14,000 square nautical miles before the family was found in rough seas.
- On Monday, the United States Coast Guard rescued a family of three—two men and one woman—from their 23-foot skiff off the coast of Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, using the Legend-class cutter USCGC Midgett.
- The family departed Fananu Island on March 30 for Murillo Island, but their vessel drifted for a week after the outboard engine failed, prompting authorities to issue an Easter Sunday alert.
- Battling rough conditions where waves reached 10 feet, search crews coordinated across 14,000 square nautical miles of open ocean, spotting the survivors after midnight on Monday.
- All three survivors were found uninjured and safely transported to Weno, Chuuk State, for further travel back to Fananu Island, the Coast Guard confirmed.
- U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia Jennifer Johnson said the mission reflects cooperation essential to the Compact of Free Association, showing how close relations translate into 'real, life-saving outcomes.
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US Coast Guard rescues family missing for 7 days in Micronesia
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three passengers aboard a vessel that was missing for seven days near the Federated States of Micronesia, the service announced Tuesday.The Legend-class cutter Midgett successfully completed a search-and-rescue mission Monday of a family whose 23-foot skiff stopped working after its single engine malfunctioned. The three survivors, two men and one woman, had left Fananu Island on March 30, en route to Murillo Island …
Three members of a family were stranded in the Pacific Ocean for a week after setting off on a short boat trip, but the engine failed.
Search and rescue operations covered an area of nearly 50,000 square kilometres at a turbulent sea, where waves sometimes reached three metres high.
US Coast Guard Rescues Family Missing in Western Pacific
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday rescued three members of a family off the coast of Chuuk, an island state in the Federated States of Micronesia in the Western Pacific, the agency said in an April 7 statement. “The family departed Fananu, an island municipality in the state of Chuuk, March 30 for the short passage to the island of Murillo but never arrived due to a failure of their single outboard engine,” the statement said. On Easter Sunday, the…
A family that has been missing for a week has been found drifting into the Pacific Ocean aboard their boat.
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