Six castaway sailors have been rescued from a remote island after throwing a 'message in bottle' into the sea.
The crew members of the vessel Bom Jesus made it to Ilha das Flechas [Arrow Island] off the coast of the Brazilian state of Para.
They were reported missing by their concerned loved ones after they failed to return when they said they would.
The sailors became stranded on the uninhabited island for 13 days without food.
While on the small island, the castaways wrote a note and put it in a bottle tied to a ball that ended up being found by a local fisherman who forwarded it to the Brazilian Navy.
The note said: “Help, help! We need help, our boat caught fire, we have been on Arrow Island for 13 days without food, let our family know”.
In addition, they included the phone numbers for family members based in the coastal city of Santarem.
Family members reported their disappearance on 11th April when they said they would return after 10 days at sea and did not show.
After 13 days on the small island, the crew members were rescued by the Brazilian Navy at around 5pm on Wednesday.
Following the rescue, the six crew members were taken to the city of Belem for medical checks.
Doctors reported that they are all in good general health, but very dehydrated from their ordeal.
Meanwhile, the port authority has opened an investigation to determine the cause of the vessel’s sinking.
It comes after a 'real-life castaway' bought a tropical island for £8,000 so he can live as a recluse.
Brendon Grimshaw from West Yorkshire, abandoned his high-pressured old life before the age of 40 and took an extended holiday.
In 1962, he purchased Moyenne, a tiny island just half a mile wide in the luxurious Seychelles, a cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean.
The ex-journalist immediately fell in love with his new home, with its tranquil silence and wild tangle of vegetation
He lived almost completely alone on the island.
The island had been left abandoned for decades before he arrived and was so overgrown that falling coconuts were said to never reach the ground.
The 'real life Robinson Crusoe' - also since compared to the Tom Hanks character in the 2000 film Castaway - is said to have turned down close to £40million for his small island.
