Twenty-seven persons were thought to have survived by drifting to the coast on air-delivered life rafts, while one person was taken back to Port Moresby by a Royal Australian Air Force rescue plane.
twˈɛntisˈɛvən pˈɜːsənz wɜː θˈɔːt tə hæv sɚvˈaɪvd baɪ dɹˈɪftɪŋ tə ðə kˈoʊst ˌɔn ˈɛɹdᵻlˈɪvɚd lˈaɪf ɹˈæfts, wˌaɪl wˈʌn pˈɜːsən wʌz tˈeɪkən bˈæk tə pˈoːɹt mˈoːɹsbi baɪ ɐ ɹˈɔɪəl ɔːstɹˈeɪliən ˈɛɹ fˈoːɹs ɹˈɛskjuː plˈeɪn.