Stock image of a remote beach.(Photo: Kazuya Tanaka/amanaimagesRF, Getty Images/amana images RF)
Three castaways were rescued on Thursday after a U.S Navy aircraft spotted the word ‘help’ spelled out with palm leaves on the beach of a remote Pacific Island, according to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. Coast Guard.
The three men, who were not identified, were reported missing by family members on Monday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>when they<span style="color: Red;">*</span>failed to catch a flight on the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Micronesian island of Chuuk, according to U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman, Melissa McKenzie.
The group reportedly were taking a skiff from between two<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Micronesian islands when something went awry.
"When they did not arrive for the flight, Coast Guard was notified," U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Michael McCandless
told NBC. "We began coordination efforts, using a combination of assets. It was determined a Navy P-8 aircraft out of Japan would assist."
Four ships combed the area where the skiff was last reported until <span style="color: Red;">*</span>a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. Navy P-8 aircraft from Misawa Air Base arrived on the scene and began searching the area from above,
the coast guard said in a statement.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
The three men and their "makeshift sign"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were spotted on Thursday and transported to a nearby island, McKenzie<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said.
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