AMSA coordinated the rescue of 24 people after a 56-metre Japanese fishing vessel caught on fire about 670 km north west of Dampier, off the West Australian coast.
A broadcast was issued to nearby ships, and five aircraft in the area were tasked to assist in locating the vessel and in identifying the nature of the distress.
The aircraft tasked included AMSA’a Perth-based fixed wing Dornier aircraft.
A merchant vessel responded to the broadcast to shipping and rescued all 24 crew, uninjured, from a liferaft.
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