They sent an SOS to the world. Five castaways on a desert island off the coast of Queensland, Australia, scrawled out SOS in a nearby sandbar after their boat drifted out to sea Monday. About nine … ...

SOS in the sand: Men rescued from deserted Micronesian island . The distress signal was spotted by searchers on Australian and U.S. aircraft. Get more news. on. Aug. 4, 2020, 6:08 AM EDT.

An “SOS” message written on the beach of a tiny Pacific island pointed rescuers to three missing mariners, United States and Australian authorities said Tuesday. The three men had set out in a ...

CHUUK STATE, Micronesia --The U.S. Coast Guard says two stranded mariners were rescued Friday after crews saw their “SOS” in the sand on an uninhabited island in Micronesia, CBS Honolulu ...

HAGATNA, Guam — Two mariners stranded for days on an uninhabited Pacific island were rescued after writing "SOS" in the sand. A Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft crew responding to a report of ...

These three castaways made it off the island. A trio of lost sailors were rescued after three days on a small Pacific island Sunday when airborne search crews spotted their “SOS” sign in the sand.

Two stranded mariners were rescued after a US Navy aircraft crew spotted three vital letters etched into the sand while flying over a deserted beach in Micronesia: “SOS.” ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says two stranded mariners were rescued Friday after crews saw their "SOS" in the sand on an uninhabited island in Micronesia, Hawaii News Now reports.