Australian Maritime Safety Authority

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  3 Men Rescued From Coral Sea After Sharks Attack And Destroy Their Boat

  When rescuers arrived at the scene, they found both hulls of the men's 9-meter boat had been damaged after several shark attacks.

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  3 Environmentalists Killed in Australian Helicopter Crash

  Three environmentalists returning from a festival against a coal mine have died in a helicopter crash in Australia, police said today, with authorities still struggling to reach the rugged accident site.

• Malaysia jet search flights called off due to severe weather

  Aircraft searches for a Malaysia jetliner presumed crashed in the southern Indian Ocean have been called off for Thursday due to bad weather, a U.S. Navy officer told Reuters.

• Rain could hamper search today for missing Malaysia Airlines jet

  Rain was expected to hamper the hunt Monday for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, as a growing number of planes focus on an expanded area of the south Indian Ocean where French radar detected potential debris.

• Rescued Antarctic passengers resume journey home

  An Australian icebreaker carrying 52 passengers who were retrieved from an icebound ship in the Antarctic resumed its journey home on Saturday.

• Chinese ship used in Antarctic rescue stuck in ice

  A Chinese icebreaker that went to the aid of a Russian ship stuck in heavy floes in Antarctica has now itself become trapped by ice, officials said Saturday, sparking anger about the impact of the rescue on polar expeditions.

• Stranded Antarctic passengers evacuated to freedom

  All 52 passengers who spent Christmas and New Year trapped on an icebound Russian research vessel in Antarctica were airlifted on Thursday in a dramatic rescue mission.

• Boat with 150 asylum-seekers capsizes off Australia

  A boat carrying some 150 asylum-seekers capsized off Christmas Island on Tuesday but the Australian navy saved most of them, rescuers said.

• Stranded Dutch rower rescued from Indian Ocean

  A Dutch adventurer rowing from Australia to Africa was rescued from the Indian Ocean Friday after he was injured in a close call with a passing oil tanker, Australian authorities said.

• Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea coast with 350 on board

  Rescuers plucked more than 230 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank Thursday with as many as 350 people on board, officials said. An airplane from Australia, three helicopters and eight ships scoured the area after the MV Rabaul Queen went down while traveling from Kimbe on the island of New Britain to the coa...