US EditionElderly Sailor Survives 11 Days Adrift in Mediterranean
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When hopes were fading, on Tuesday a plane from the EU border agency Frontex "avised the sailboat and a person who was signaling" for help, about 53 nautical miles north-east of Bejaia, in Algeria.
The man's disappearance was reported on 17 January, before being located by a Frontex aircraft and then recovered by a bulk carrier.
A 69-year-old man was found healthy and except after spending nearly two weeks drifting on his sailboat in the Mediterranean Sea A 69-year-old man was miraculously found "in good form
The Admiral's castaway was located by drifting aerial means. A merchant takes him to Algeciras after a search coordinated by the Navy.
The only crew member was a 69-year-old man who alerted January 15 to 112. Salvamento Marítimo suspended his search four days ago, but was found by a merchant ship.
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