The U.S. Coast Guard and commercial mariners Thursday rescued three people who were reported overdue on a skiff near the Chuuk Atoll in Micronesia.
The U.S. Coast Guard and commercial mariners Thursday rescued three people who were reported overdue on a skiff near the Chuuk Atoll in Micronesia.
The motor vessel, Nord Venus located the three male survivors approximately 23 miles north of Chuuk.
An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, is searching for the fourth crewman. A Navy P-8 airplane crew from the Kadena Air Base in Japan will join the search later today.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Guam received a call Tuesday, from the Chuuk search and rescue liaison requesting assistance in searching for an overdue 19-foot skiff with four men aboard missing since Sunday.
The men departed Weno, Chuuk, and were en route Fananu Island, Hall Islands but never arrived at their destination. Their vessel began to take on water approximately four hours after departing.
As part of the AMVER program, the motor vessel’s Pro Emerald, New Stage and Nord Venus assisted in the search.