Lost on Mt Etna: 17 Maltese rescued

Seventeen Maltese tourists, whose age varies from 22 to 40 years, were yesterday rescued after having lost their way while on an excursion on Mount Etna, Sicily, La Repubblica reported in its on-line edition last night.

Earlier, the online edition of the daily newspaper La Sicilia reported that the Maltese nationals had themselves phoned for assistance after losing their way in the area known as Piano Vetore, 2,050 metres above sea level, on the southern side of the mountain.click here for more on this story