Brilliant-Jupiter

The AMVER vessels "Brilliant Jupiter" and "Ten Yu Maru" diverted and conducted a combined 17 hours and searched 178 miles of track-line after watchstanders at the Sector Guam Command Center received notification from a Chuuk search and rescue liaison at 11:07 a.m. on Apr 5, 2016, of an overdue skiff en route the island of Weno. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, coordinated the assistance of the Navy P-8 aircrew and vessels in the area of the skiff's last known location to assist in the search. The Navy P-8 aircrew launched at 6 a.m. on Apr 7 to assist in the search and located the men approximately two hours into their search. The three men who were stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island for three days were found after using palm fronds to spell the word "help" in the sand. The Navy P-8 Madfox 807 aircrew from Misawa Air Base in Japan was conducting a search pattern for the missing mariners when they spotted survivors holding lifejackets and their makeshift sign. This information was relayed back to search and rescue watchstanders in Guam and shared with the family. The survivors were then picked up and transferred by a local small boat to Pulap.