Article 6AXCB Cyclone Ilsa: 11 shipwrecked fishers rescued off WA coast after six days, nine others feared dead

Cyclone Ilsa: 11 shipwrecked fishers rescued off WA coast after six days, nine others feared dead

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Australian Associated Press
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Makeshift camp of Indonesian crew spotted by a surveillance plane in the Rowley Shoals, about 300km west of Broome

Eleven Indonesian fishers have been rescued from a remote island off Western Australia after their vessel was destroyed by Cyclone Ilsa.

The men were shipwrecked without food and water for six days on a remote island in the Rowley Shoals, about 300km west of Broome.

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