Teen rescued after seven weeks at sea in floating hut

Aldi Novel Adilang sent adrift after floating fish trap became unmoored in strong winds

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Adilang is looked after by crew members after being brought onto the cargo ship Arpeggio 
(Image credit: Indonesian consulate, Osaka)

An Indonesian teenager who survived 49 days on the ocean after his wooden hut was pushed out to sea by strong winds has been reunited with his family.

Aldi Novel Adilang, 19, was plucked from the ocean by a cargo ship near the US territory of Guam in the western Pacific Ocean on 31 August.

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