Three people were rescued from the Coral Sea near Australia after shark attacks damaged both hull of their inflatable catamaran.
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Under the cover of night Wednesday, maritime authorities in Australia rescued a sailing party after several shark attacks damaged their sinking catamaran drifting in the Coral Sea, officials said.
An alert from a radio beacon led rescue crews to a 29-foot inflatable catamaran about 1:30 a.m. local time after someone on board the vessel sent a distress signal out, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority reported.
The vessel, named Tion, departed from Vanuatu in the South Pacific and was en route to Cairns in Queensland, Australia when contact was established, maritime officials wrote in a release. The Coral Sea, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, extends east of Australia and New Guinea and south of the Solomon Islands.
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Pretty scary the sharks are attacking the smaller boats
The sea life is fighting back. First the opening slavo by the orcas and now the sharks
The creatures in the ocean are fed up with us, destroying their living space. 😊
People who took vaccines are pissing in the ocean….piss is in the water,….sharks are in the water….Jaws.
The sharks probably smelled the russian.
OH My Gosh.
Orcas now sharks hmmm 💡