Search for lost sailors near Tonga suspended

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Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand is coordinating the search for two sailors missing in Tongan waters. Photo / Thinkstock
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand is coordinating the search for two sailors missing in Tongan waters. Photo / Thinkstock

The search for two Australian men missing after their yacht was wrecked last Thursday near the island of Late, near Tonga, has been suspended.

Extensive sea, air and land searchers have failed to find any trace of them.