50 migrants reported missing and 9 rescued after their boat overturns off Spanish Atlantic island
Time:2024-05-21 10:40:46 Source:styleViews(143)
MADRID (AP) — About 50 migrants were missing after their boat overturned some 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Spain’s Canary Island of El Hierro in the Atlantic Ocean, Spanish media reported Monday.
The national marine rescue service said one of its helicopters rescued nine people who were found clinging to the boat Monday morning following a warning call from a merchant vessel in the area.
State news agency Efe said that once transferred to El Hierro airport, the rescued migrants reported that 60 of them had set sail nine days ago and that the open-topped wooden boat ran into problems Saturday.
The rescue service was unable to say how many people may have been on the boat and no one was available to comment at Civil Guard police offices in the Canary Island capital of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Efe said the migrants were of sub-Saharan origin. There were no details on which country they had sailed from.
You may also like
- Yvette Fielding says her Most Haunted co
- Ancient villages boost tourism by innovation in Hebei
- Qualification, points system announced for Paris 2024
- Armed men kidnap a senior judge in Pakistan’s restive northwest
- Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
- Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Friday, April 26
- Pakistan appoints Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie as cricket coaches
- Tyler Lussi keeps NC Courage undefeated at home in NWSL
- Kate Hudson hits the stage to debut songs from her new album Glorious at star