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Three missing in central Pacific
Orion searching for three people lost near an atoll in the central Pacific.
Orion searching for three people lost near an atoll in the central Pacific.
A Royal NZ Air Force Orion has lost power in one engine but has landed safely.
The three men having been missing for more than five days after going fishing on Monday.
NZDF find three Kiribati fishermen who were missing for four days in the Pacific Ocean.
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A 14-year-old from Kiribati was rescued after drifting alone in the Pacific Ocean.
The New Zealand Defence Force is helping search for three fishermen who have been missing at sea off the Pacific island-nation of Kiribati since last week.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force has successfully rescued two Kiribati fishermen who were reported missing last week, just days after a first successful mission in the same region.
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An Air Force Orion is this morning continuing to search for three Kiribati fishermen overdue from a fishing trip.
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Kiribati authorities have confirmed a small canoe found in the Pacific Ocean was that which six young people were in when they were swept away.
A RNZAF Orion has failed to find any sign of six young people missing in a small craft in the Pacific.