Three sailors rescued from an uninhabited Pacific island
by US Navy after spelling out "help" with palm fronds
The men were located on Thursday on the remote Pacific island of Fanadik in Micronesia.
US Navy officials said they had been stranded for three days.
Crew aboard a US Navy plane, dispatched after they were reported missing, spotted the men two hours into their search.
As well as the sign, the men were waving brightly-coloured lifejackets to attract attention.
The men said their vessel capsized due to a large wave a few hours after their departure from Pulap in the Federated States of Micronesia on Monday. They say they spent the night swimming in the ocean until they arrived on the island.
