The helicopter was like an angel: Malaria-stricken explorer relives being saved from the jungle - as his wife reveals her anger, admits they have had 'cross words' and insists this is his LAST mission

Malaria-stricken TV explorer Benedict Allen relives being saved from the jungle - as his wife reveals her anger, admits they have had 'cross words' and insists this is his LAST mission Benedict Allen trekked to remote part of Papua New Guinea to film Yaifo tribe But hit problems looking for last people on Earth with no contact with world On the return leg he contracted malaria and got caught between warring tribes Spend a bit of time with explorer Benedict Allen and his wife Lenka and it becomes clear they are not a couple prone to sentimental outbursts or unnecessary shows of physical affection. Yet when Benedict finally returned home from the jungle of Papua New Guinea at 10pm last Tuesday, he lifted Lenka off her feet and held her tight. Their three young children ran from their bedrooms to hug him, too. And that night they all slept together, entwined in the same bed, finally reunited as a famil Benedict had last seen Lenka and their children Natalya, ten, Freddie, seven, and Beatrice, two, in September before he embarked on a trip that was to finish with a trek to a remote tribe on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea. But Lenka reported her 57-year-old husband missing after he failed to make it to a scheduled speaking engagement in Hong Kong. Days later, Benedict, who had travelled without a phone and was dangerously ill with malaria, was airlifted from the jungle by the Daily Mail. He’d been on the brink of setting off, alone, through jungle riddled with warring tribes in a bid to reach the nearest town. It’s a decision that Lenka today sums up with one word: ‘Suicidal