Castaway sailors rescued from remote island after throwing message in bottle into sea – World News

Whereas on the small island, the castaways from the Bom Jesus vessel wrote a notice and put it in a bottle tied to a ball which was discovered by a neighborhood fisherman who forwarded it to the Brazilian Navy

Six castaway sailors have been rescued from a distant island after throwing a ‘message in bottle’ into the ocean.

The crew members of the vessel Bom Jesus made it to Ilha das Flechas [Arrow Island] off the coast of the Brazilian state of Para.

They had been reported lacking by their involved family members after they did not return after they stated they might.

The sailors turned stranded on the uninhabited island for 13 days with out meals.

Whereas on the small island, the castaways wrote a notice and put it in a bottle tied to a ball that ended up being discovered by a neighborhood fisherman who forwarded it to the Brazilian Navy.

The notice stated: “Assist, assist! We want assist, our boat caught hearth, we’ve been on Arrow Island for 13 days with out meals, let our household know”.

As well as, they included the telephone numbers for relations primarily based within the coastal metropolis of Santarem.

Relations reported their disappearance on eleventh April after they stated they might return after 10 days at sea and didn’t present.

After 13 days on the small island, the crew members had been rescued by the Brazilian Navy at round 5pm on Wednesday.

Following the rescue, the six crew members had been taken to town of Belem for medical checks.

Docs reported that they’re all in good common well being, however very dehydrated from their ordeal.

In the meantime, the port authority has opened an investigation to find out the reason for the vessel’s sinking.

It comes after a ‘real-life castaway’ purchased a tropical island for £8,000 so he can dwell as a recluse.

Brendon Grimshaw from West Yorkshire, deserted his high-pressured outdated life earlier than the age of 40 and took an prolonged vacation.

In 1962, he bought Moyenne, a tiny island simply half a mile broad within the luxurious Seychelles, a cluster of islands within the Indian Ocean.

The ex-journalist instantly fell in love along with his new house, with its tranquil silence and wild tangle of vegetation

He lived virtually utterly alone on the island.

The island had been left deserted for many years earlier than he arrived and was so overgrown that falling coconuts had been stated to by no means attain the bottom.

The ‘actual life Robinson Crusoe’ – additionally since in comparison with the Tom Hanks character within the 2000 movie Castaway – is claimed to have turned down near £40million for his small island.