Missing Brit explorer Benedict Allen’s wife orders him home as family desperately raise £6,000 for chopper jungle rescue
Lenka Allen said: "Just tell him to get home - now. Get home as soon as you can, because the kids are desperate to see you."
THE frantic wife of Brit Benedict Allen last night told the missing adventurer: "Get home - NOW!"
Mr Allen vanished while visiting a tribe in a Papua New Guinea jungle but has since been located and will likely soon be reunited with family and friends furious at his refusal to pack a GPS.
And as helicopter rescue crews readied themselves to swoop in and save him, the explorer's 35-year-old desperate wife told them to get him home safely.
Lenka Allen said: "It is such a relief. I’m so happy, it’s amazing.
"Just tell him to get home - now. Get home as soon as you can, because the kids are desperate to see you.
"We have been having sleepless nights, and everyone has been thinking about him."
Last night The Sun revealed how rescue pilots were remanding £6,000 up front to carry out the rescue.
Keith Copley, of the New Tribes Mission, said: "The area is very remote. There is a small airstrip in the area and Benedict would have to go there to catch a plane.
"At the moment he is just waiting for a helicopter to pick him up but they won't fly unless they are paid the $8,000 for the trip.
"He is located at the Hewa airstrip 20 miles northwest of Porgera. He is healthy but requesting to be rescued."
Mr Allen's friends and family have questioned why he refused to enter the Papua New Guinea jungle - said to be among the most inhospitable terrain in the world - without a GPS or satellite beacon.
Frank Gardner, the BBC Security Correspondent, said: "I've got to say I'm quite annoyed with him as his friend. He left with no plan, he had no evacuation plan, he didn't give anybody any idea of where he was going."
His sister Katie Pestille warned: "When he comes home we'll give him hell for not taking something."
His relieved brother-in-law Paul Pestille, 63, said: "There will be a family fracas when he gets back. His ethos of going without modern technology is a cause for concern. We have to accept it but it causes us all a great deal of worry.
"Benedict and his wife and children are coming to us for Christmas, you can be sure my sister will be giving him a severe ticking off."
Mr Copley added: ''The British High Commission is aware of this and they are working with me on it
"He is in the best place right now, if he moves he could come across some rascal activity, people who will take advantage of him and who are dangerous.
"I'm sure people are raising funds for him now back home to get him out but he can't go anywhere as the bridge down from where he is is also out."
Meanwhile, Mr Copley warned it could take a couple of days to get Mr Allen out.
He said: "The rivers are completely swollen and so the terrain is not very good plus as I said earlier there are dangerous people out there who would take advantage of him.
"For the moment he is in the best place possible. The Hewa people are good and they will take care of him.
"I know the area where he is very well and I know the hut where he is staying. He will be fine and they have enough rations.
"I was asked to help by the British and American authorities as I know the area well. I had an email from a friend of Benedict's family which also mentioned his wife and at first I thought it was a scam.
"Then I checked the news reports and it was all true. I called up some people I know and picked up reports of sightings and then we eventually located him."
It comes just hours after his wife Lenka spoke of their children's heartbreaking pleas.
Lenka Allen said her children keep asking: "When's Daddy coming home?"
Her husband Benedict, 57, was searching for the Yaifo, a tribe of headhunters, who he first found 30 years ago.
He was dropped by helicopter in a crocodile-infested jungle in Papua New Guinea three weeks ago and was due back on Monday.
Benedict's brother in law Paul Pestille said today: "His wife Lenka is delighted with the news, we were all very worried and just want him home as quickly as possible."
Benedict's agent Jo Sarsby confirmed today: "At 5pm local time (PNG) Mr Keith Copley, The Coordinating Director for New Tribe Mission in Papua New Guinea confirmed in writing that Benedict Allen was safe, well and healthy and is presently located at a remote airstrip 20 miles northwest of Porgera, Enga Province.
"Confirmation on exact location coordinates are now being confirmed in order to arrange evacuation as soon as possible."
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