An abandoned adventurer found alive in the Pacific Ocean four days after the search stopped
Aaron Carotta, an American who was trying to take a round-the-world trip in a rowboat, has been wanted since May 31.
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The hope of finding Aaron Karuta seemed lost. But this American navigator, wanted in an uninhabited area in the Pacific Ocean, was rescued by an oil tanker on Friday, June 16, it was announced. High Commission of the Republic in French Polynesia. But the end of the search was set for Monday.
The adventurer had left South America for a solo world tour on The Smiles rowboat. His distress beacon was triggered on 31 May, but his signal was not picked up after that. Nine commercial or recreational vessels participated in the search, to no avail. were raised, “lack of new items” to locate the ship.
Almost 1000 km from the nearest land
But on Thursday, the boat’s distress beacon was again picked up in the area of responsibility of the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC), which coordinates relief operations in French Polynesia.
The drowning man, who was in a lifeboat, was seen Thursday afternoon by a US plane searching for him, and was then rescued by an oil tanker sent to meet him on Friday. Aaron Carota was 950 km east of the Marquis Archipelago, which is part of French Polynesia. He is healthy.
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