BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Two Burmese fishermen have been rescued off the coast of Australia after spending 25 days adrift following the sinking of their boat, sources say.

The unidentified men said, according to unidentified sources, that their boat sunk off the coast of Indonesia, leaving them clinging to an ice box for more than three weeks as they coasted toward the Australian state of Queensland, the Brisbane Courier-Mail said in its Tuesday edition.


The men said other desperate crew members also searched for pieces of the sunken craft during the Indonesian sinking. The pair said during their sea journey, they spotted a Thai crew member but were unable to help him.

None of the other 18 crew members thought to be on board the sunken craft have been found to date, the Courier-Mail said.

An airplane belonging to the Australian Coastwatch spotted the two survivors, who drifted through shark-infested waters during their journey, Saturday near the Torres Strait.