Polish sailor gone missing in the Pacific
17:13
The US Coast Guard has launched a rescue operation for a Polish sailor gone missing in the Pacific Ocean near Wake Island. The 49-year-old sailor was last seen on Friday evening, he was a member of the crew of the 622-foot freight ship called Toscana. The ship, registered in Malta is currently on course from South America to Japan.
Wake Island, where the incident happened, is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located some 2,000 miles west of Hawaii and 2,000 miles east of Japan.
