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British, French divers rescued in Malaysia after more than two days at sea

British, French divers rescued in Malaysia after more than two days at sea

British, french divers rescued

AFrenchwoman andBritishman who disappeared while diving off the coast ofMalaysiawere found safe on Saturday, drifting atseatwoand a halfdaysafterthey went missing, police said.

Four people went missing on Wednesday at around noon on a training dive near Tokong Sanggol, a small island off the southeastern town of Mersing.

The group's instructor, Kristine Grodem, 35, from Norway, wasrescuedon Thursday.

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Fishermen spotted Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, from France, and Briton Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, at around 1 a.m. (1700 GMT on Friday) in waters off Pengerang, a considerable distance to the south of where they disappeared, Mersing district police chief Cyril Edward Nuing told reporters.

"Both individuals ... are reported to be in stable condition," he said, adding that marine police had taken them to hospital. He declined to providemoredetails of the rescue.

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Rescuers weresearching for Chesters' 14-year-old son, Dutch citizen NathanRenze Chesters, Nuing said.

Grodem told officials the group surfaced about an hour into their dive on Wednesday but could not find their boat.

She was later separated from the othersafterbeing caught in strong currents.

The boat operator who took them to the dive site was detainedaftertesting positive for drugs, police said.