‘I don’t remember a tragedy of this magnitude’: 10 dead, 11 missing in Newfoundland shipwreck, Portuguese boat goes to rescue

The ship was carrying 24 fishermen, including 16 Spaniards.

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At least 10 people have died and 11 are missing after a fishing boat from Galicia sank in the waters of Newfoundland, an island off the northeastern coast of Canada, according to a Spanish marine police source citing a source. Country.

The boat is 50 meters long and 10 meters wide Villa de Betanxo, from Marin, Pontevedra, Spain, boarded 24 fishermen, 16 of whom were Spaniards, five were Peruvians, and three were Ghanaians. Three fishermen have been rescued.

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After losing the boat signal at 05:24 (local time), the The National Maritime Rescue Coordination Center mobilized several nearby boats to check what had happened. One of them is a fishing boat From Aveiro, Portugal, called The new virgin of Barcelonaaccording to The voice of Galicia.

The Spanish maritime rescue team also stated, on its official Twitter page, that the rescue operation includes, in addition to the Portuguese boat, a plane, two helicopters and a Spanish ship.

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The marine and air search apparatus deployed 450 km in the ESE from Terranova consisted of an aircraft, two helicopters, Spanish and Portuguese fishermen. In the first hour of the afternoon, a Canadian ship will join and this morning a frigate from JRCC Halifax pic.twitter.com/YIjpsN4aM3

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Rescue teams spotted four lifeboats and managed to reach two of them. “In one of them, there were only three survivors who were in hypothermia, because the water temperature was very low at that time,” said the representative of the Spanish government in Pontevedra, Mica Lariba, before announcing the dead in mourning.

Canadian authorities are searching for two more lifeboats, but their location has not yet been determined. Lariba added that “the The situation in the waters off Newfoundland was very bad,” which could hamper rescue operations.

The government spokeswoman and Minister for Regional Policy, Isabel Rodriguez, also noted the shipwreck at Tuesday’s post-cabinet press conference, and confirmed that at least three crew members had been rescued.

I would like to tell you that the government is following with concern the rescue operations of the crew. We are in constant contact with the rescue teams. I can confirm that three crew members were rescued, but I can’t add any other information.”

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The mayor of the municipality, Maria Ramalo, also lamented what had happened: “I don’t remember a tragedy of this magnitude.”

Relatives of the fishermen began arriving this afternoon at the headquarters of Grupo Nores, the owner of the ship, in Marín, to see the condition of the fishermen.