The Armed Forces said yesterday the occupants of the speedboat rescued at sea on Tuesday were three men, not two men and a woman, as first reported.

The men, who were lost after the compass developed a fault, were spotted by a helicopter 14 miles off Malta and were assisted to reach land by an SAR launch.

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