Eight Danish sailors rescued in Pacific after colliding with whale

Eight Danes were rescued on Wednesday after their sailboat capsized in the Pacific Ocean following a collision with a whale, the Danish Armed Forces said in a statement.

After abandoning the sailboat, the crew took refuge on a raft and called for help via a satellite phone, triggering a search and rescue mission by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. They were later found by a fishing vessel and eventually transferred to a Maersk container ship which is now headed for Tahiti, the Danish Armed Forces said.