Missing Kiribati fishermen found after search involving NZDF

January 24, 2018
Orion plane.

Three fishermen missing in Kiribati have been found after a NZDF plane joined the search yesterday.

The men went missing on January 19 and were aged between 25 and 58.

A Maritime Rescue Coordination spokesperson confirmed the men were found in a wooden outrigger with a sail about 400km out from the Tarawa atoll.

The missing men were found by a local Chinese fishing vessel.

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