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.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Payton Pritchard scores careerGiants' Snell allows 7 runs over 4 innings against Rays in return to Tropicana FieldCraft Project fair held in old Damascus, SyriaLeBron James' tripleMusicians from Philadelphia Orchestra, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra stage chamber concert in JiangsuOver 2,000 participate in New Year hiking event in central ChinaChinese, Ethiopian education institutions agree to promote skills development in technologyFine arts students paint beautiful artworks in village in C China's HubeiUS works to prevent an escalation across the Mideast as Biden pushes Israel to show restraintEmma Bates, a top US contender in the Boston Marathon, will try to beat Kenyans and dodge potholes
2.831s , 6495.5234375 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by 50 migrants reported missing and 9 rescued after their boat overturns off Spanish Atlantic island ,Global Gathering news portal