The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday rescued three members of a family off the coast of Chuuk, an island state in the Federated States of Micronesia in the Western Pacific, the agency said in an April 7 statement.
“The family departed Fananu, an island municipality in the state of Chuuk, March 30 for the short passage to the island of Murillo but never arrived due to a failure of their single outboard engine,” the statement said.
On Easter Sunday, the crew of Coast Guard cutter Midgett was informed by Micronesia authorities and the country’s U.S. Embassy that the vessel was overdue. The Coast Guard crew carried out search and rescue operations on Monday….