Two Swedish TV producers who went missing in the Kalahari turned up safe and sound after fleeing a car seconds before it exploded and wandering for days in the desert, an executive from their station said on Thursday.
”They are very relieved and happy. They are very well,” said Helga Baagoe, news director at Sweden’s SVT public television station.
Helene Aastrom and Jenny Soderqvist arrived in Botswana two weeks ago to work on a project to develop the country’s public radio and television, funded by the Swedish agency for development and international cooperation.
When they failed to return on Monday from a weekend outing in the Kalahari desert, Botswana army and police officials launched a search operation.
After they turned up Thursday morning, the women explained that they had jumped out of their car — in the middle of the desert — seconds before it exploded into flames, Baagoe said.
They then wandered in the Kalahari for days before coming across some local inhabitants who helped them find their way back to safety, she said. — AFP
