Four Australian surfers and three Indonesian crew members were traveling by boat when they were separated from a second vessel during bad weather early evening of Sunday, August 13.
SYDNEY, Australia – Four Australian surfers have been found alive after their boat went missing in bad weather off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province, however one of three Indonesian crew members is still missing, authorities said on Tuesday, August 15.
The seven were aboard a 10-meter wooden vessel traveling from Nias Island to Aceh province’s Banyak Islands when they were separated from a second vessel during bad weather around 6 pm on Sunday, according to Indonesia’s national rescue agency.Television footage showed Peter Foote, the father of one of the Australian surfers, reading a text from his son: “Hey Dad, Elliot here. I am alive, safe now, love you. Chat later.”“It’s been hard, but it’s all good now,” he told Sky News.
Accidents involving boats are common in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, as lax safety standards often allow vessels to be overloaded without adequate life-saving equipment. –
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