The three men had embarked on Saturday on a 42 km trip from Poluwat to Pulap atolls, islands that are part of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Three Micronesian sailors were rescued thanks to a big SOS sign in the sand, after being stranded on a tiny island in the western Pacific for three days, according to BBC. The three men on Sunday embarkedon a 42 km (about 26 mi) trip from Poluwat to Pulap atolls, islands that are part of the Federated States of Micronesia. At some point during their trip, their seven-meter boat ran out of fuel and strayed 200km off course, reaching the tiny (half a kilometer long,) uninhabited and heavily forested Pikelot Island. Once the sailors didn’t reach their destination as planned, the Micronesian government turned to Australian authorities and to American forces at the nearby US territory of Guam and asked for their help in locating the missing sailors.
