The Department of Transport Spanish and Canadian relief announced Tuesday that at least seven people died and fourteen others are always missing. Three sailors could be rescued.
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Seven sailors are dead and fourteen others are missing in the sinking of a Galician trawler in the night from Monday, February 14th to Tuesday, February 15 off the east coast of Canada, “said France Agence France -Presse the Ministry of Transport Spanish.
The boat, based in the port of Marin, in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia, had twenty-four crew members on board. Among them, three have been rescued by another Spanish boat, Playa Mendaina Dos, said the ministry, adding that, “for the moment, the causes of the accident are not known.”
After the four-body repechage, rescue found three additional people at the end of the afternoon. “Unfortunately they have died, we have recovered seven deceased and three survivors,” summed up the spokesman for the Brian Owens Coordination and Rescue Center, adding that the research continued in difficult conditions.
Research continues in difficult conditions
Canadian relief have deployed a helicopter, a military aircraft, a Canadian Coast Guard vessel, as well as several boats, some 250 nautical miles (about 460 km) east of Saint-Jean de Newfoundland , the most Canadian province in the east of the country. “The weather, right now, complicates our research. The waves are about four meters high and the visibility is reduced to about a quarter of a nautical thousand,” Owens said.
The Ministry has indicated that, on the twenty-four crew members, twelve were of Spanish nationality. According to local Spanish media, the other ten sailors were Ghanaian and Peruvian. The boat had an “accident” and “sent a distress signal”, and two ships came to its rescue, told the press, Rosa Quintana, the Maritime Affairs Manager of the Galician Regional Government. The three featured crew members were “evacuated by helicopter by Canadian Sea Relief,” she continued.