Indonesian teenager survives for 49 days at sea by cooking fish over wood taken from his vessel

An Indonesian teenager who looked after a fishing hut survived for 49 days at sea by cooking fish over wood taken from his vessel.

Aldi Novel Adilang was on the hut 125 kilometres off the Indonesian coast in mid‑July when heavy winds caused its moorings to snap, casting the 18‑year‑old adrift.

He ended up thousands of kilometres away near Guam, where he was eventually picked up by a Panamanian vessel.

Adilang says that every time he saw a large ship, he was hopeful, but more than 10 ships had sailed past him, none of them stopped or saw him.

[Source: BBC]