3 foreigners saved in South China Sea

The China Coast Guard said on Friday that three foreigners were rescued after their boat was stranded in the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea. After receiving distress signals on Jan 1, the CCG dispatched a patrol boat to help. Rescuers found the boat stranded on a shoal with three crew onboard. Rescuers were unable to tow the boat off the sandbar and refloat it. The crew members, from Switzerland, France and Poland, were transferred to the patrol boat on Jan 2 after being stranded for 27 hours. The 28-meter Pangaea became stranded due to bad weather and a faulty navigational system.