2023-06-17 18:43:38
As Tom Hanks, but in real life. THE castaway Aaron Carotta, who was on board a lifeboat, was rescued by an oil tanker on Friday in the Peaceful, 950 km east of the Marquesas Islands. And this several days after the search was stopped, announced the High Commission of the Republic in French Polynesia.
The American adventurer had left South America for a solo world tour aboard a rowing boat, the Smiles, and had triggered an emergency beacon on May 31 after his boat was overturned by a wave. It had electrical damage and its signal had not been picked up afterwards. Five merchant ships and four pleasure craft took part in the search, which ceased on June 12.
Direction Hawaii
However, on Thursday, the canoe’s distress beacon was again captured in the area of responsibility of the JRCC (Joint Rescue Coordination Center), which coordinates relief in French Polynesia. The JRCC then took advantage of the presence in Polynesia of a USCG C130 Hercules, an American specialized search aircraft, which had come on another rescue mission. The same day, this plane spotted the castaway in his canoe in an area devoid of islands and little frequented by ships, east of the Marquesas archipelago.
The nearest boat, the tanker Baker Spirit, was 390 kilometers away. He got confused and found the castaway safe and sound eighteen hours later. The tanker resumed its journey to Hawaii. The castaway should be landed in Honolulu on June 25.
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