Cyclone Ilsa: shipwrecked fishermen rescued off WA coast after five days, nine others feared dead

Makeshift camp of Indonesian crew spotted by a surveillance plane in the Rowley Shoals, about 300km west of Broome

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Nine Indonesian fishermen are feared dead after Tropical Cyclone Ilsa destroyed their vessel off the coast of Western Australian.

Another 11 were shipwrecked without food and water for six days on a remote island in The Rowley Shoals, about 300km west of Broome.