Fishermen adrift for 57 days

Two fishermen from Kiribati have been rescued in waters off Papua New Guinea after drifting for 57 days in heavy seas.

Atabu Baiaa, 32, and Ruben Baeke, 22, were fishing near Tabiteuea in the northern waters of Kiribati on March 15 when they became disoriented in heavy seas and rain.

They drifted for eight weeks, surviving on raw fish and rainwater, before they were found by a passing Micronesian fishing boat.