Three rescued after shark attacks on yacht off Australian coast – video

Three people have been rescued in the Coral Sea off the coast of Cairns, after their catamaran was damaged during several shark attacks.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) coordinated the rescue early on Wednesday morning roughly 520 miles (835km) off the coast of Cairns, Queensland, after receiving a distress beacon.

The crew, who were on a round-the-world expedition called Russian Ocean Way, which they were documenting online, wrote in a post that they were first attacked by sharks on 4 September and again the following day when the catamaran began to sink

• Three people rescued off Australian coast after yacht damaged by multiple shark attacks