How the Indonesian teenager who survived 49 days adrift at sea was rescued – video

An Indonesian teenager survived 49 days adrift at sea in a fishing hut before he was rescued. Aldi Novel Adilang, a 19-year-old from Sulawesi, worked as a lamp keeper on a floating fish trap, known locally as rompong, located 125km out at sea. In mid-July ,heavy winds snapped its moorings and it drifted into the ocean. The teenager only had a few days worth of supplies and survived by catching fish, burning wood from his hut to cook them and sipping seawater through his clothes to minimise his salt intake. The Indonesian consulate in Osaka said a Panamanian-flagged vessel, MV Arpeggio, picked him up in the waters off Guam on 31 August – more than a month and a half later.

Indonesian teenager survives 49 days adrift at sea in fishing hut

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