Three rescued after sharks assault yacht off Australian coast

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Three individuals on board a catamaran within the Coral Sea off the northeast coast of Australia have been rescued after the hulls of the vessel grew to become broken from a number of shark assaults, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) stated on Wednesday.

Satellite photographs and a video on the AMSA web site confirmed a big poart of the strict of the yacht torn away.

“The vessel departed from Vanuatu and was bound for Cairns (Australia) when contact was established. Both hulls of the vessel have been damaged following several shark attacks,” the AMSA stated in a press release.

Rescue crews responded to an emergency positioning beacon registered to the Tion, a nine-metre inflatable catamaran, early on Wednesday morning. The yacht was positioned about 835 km southeast of Cairns within the Coral Sea.

AMSA requested the help of a Panama-flagged car service, which efficiently carried out the rescue.

The three passengers – two Russian and one French citizen – are because of arrive in Brisbane on Thursday, AMSA stated.