The three survivors of the shipwreck of a Spanish fishing boat in Canada arrived this Saturday at the Canadian port of San Juan de Terranova along with the bodies of seven companions, the Spanish authorities announced.
“The ship ‘Playa Menduiña Dos’, with 3 survivors and 7 bodies from the shipwreck of the ‘Villa de Pitanxo’, arrived this morning at 11:30 a.m. Spanish peninsular time [10H30 GMT] to the Canadian port of Saint John”, in Newfoundland (west), announced the Spanish rescue agency at sea, Salvamento Marítimo, on Twitter.
On Friday, another ship that had participated in the rescue with two more bodies from the Galician fishing vessel “Villa de Pitanxo” arrived at the same port.
This 50 meter long boat, based in the Galician fishing town of Marín, Pontevedra (Galicia, northwest), sank on Tuesday 450 kilometers from the Canadian island of Newfoundland, with 24 crew members, of whom 3 survived, 9 died and 12 are missing.
Throughout the day, the nine dead were formally identified, informed the delegation of the Spanish Government (prefecture) in Galicia.
“The rescued lifeless bodies belong to five Spanish sailors, three Peruvians and a Ghanaian”, announced the delegation in a statement published on Saturday night.
In the case of the survivors, “the Consulate General will provide them with all the necessary support for the mandatory compliance with Canada’s immigration and customs formalities,” according to a previous statement from the Spanish government.
The three survivors are two Spanish and one Ghanaianof a crew in which they were traveling, including them, 16 Spaniards, 5 Peruvians and 3 Ghanaians.
According to relatives, the two Spaniards are the ship’s captain and his nephew, and a Ghanaian sailor.
The Spanish government also announced that a military plane will travel to Newfoundland on Sunday to bring the survivors and rescued bodies to Spain.
“The Spanish Government will charter, tomorrow, Sunday, an A-400 plane from the Air Force, bound for the San Juan de Terranova airport, for the repatriation of the survivors and victims,” explained the Spanish executive in its statement.
Hopes of finding any of the 12 disappeared alive are nil, given the low water temperatures and rough seas in recent days, but the Spanish government, at the request of relatives, asked the Canadian to try to resume the search. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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