Crew from the HHL Elbe rescued a couple from a dinghy in the Red Sea after spotting their distress flares.
Stefan Jerkander and his wife, Svetlana Salnikova-Jerkander, took to their rescue dinghy after their catamaran, Cattarina, sank off the Sudanese coast during a voyage from Split in Croatia to Phuket in Thailand.
The HHL Elbe crew spotted a white rubber rescue boat with a blinking flashlight and two people on board after seeing two red distress flares.
The Master brought the HHL Elbe alongside the dinghy and held his position whilst a heaving line and buoy were sent out to the stranded seafarers and they were brought aboard.
The couple was given first aid and they are well.
HHL Elbe was on its way from Porto Marghera, Italy, to the port of Kandla, India, when the rescue happened.
