Russians rescued after missing for 3 months

Russian rescuers on Friday saved 11 people stranded for nearly three months in a remote area of the Pacific coast after a fishing trip went wrong, local media reported.

The group had survived by eating flour they scavenged from a deserted military base, hunting for game and burning furniture for fuel and heating, the Vesti-24 television station reported.

Their two boats were damaged in a storm on October 10 during a fishing expedition off the Kamchatka Peninsula.

One vessel was lost and they were unable to repair the second, forcing the group, which included three women, to remain in their makeshift shelter with no way of calling for help.

When their food supplies started to run low, they sent five of their party to seek help. After walking for four days, the five found a military unit which then sent for help.