Pacific Sun Rescues Four

A P&O Australia ship has rescued four yachtsmen who run aground on a reef on in the Coral Sea. Crew from Pacific Sun came to the sailors rescue by launching a lifeboat to help the stranded quartet.

Pacific Sun was carrying almost 2,000 passengers at the time of the rescue en route to Brisbane. The rescue took just over an hour and all parties were pronounced fit and well after having been checked over by a doctor.