CHUUK STATE (The Federated States of Micronesia): The US Coast Guard has said that two stranded mariners were rescued on Friday after crews saw their “SOS” in the sand on an uninhabited island in Micronesia, Hawaii News Now reports.

A US Navy aircraft crew spotted the pair on the beach and gave their location to the Coast Guard in Guam. Hawaii News Now says the two, who had no emergency equipment, were picked up and taken to a patrol boat.

The Coast Guard received a report about the couple’s 18-foot vessel going missing on Aug 19.

Hawaii News Now said the two departed Weno Island on Aug 17, and they were expected to arrive at their destination to Tamatam Island the next day.

Hawaii News Now said that on Wednesday, a ship noticed flashing lights from the uninhabited Chuuk State island where the two were later found. The US Navy was alerted and spotted the survivors on the beach.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2016