Maritime Rescue has helped from Saturday night to Sunday morning three precarious boats in waters near Tenerife, The iron and Gran Canaria with 180 people on boardamong them six women, as a spokesperson for the state society informed EFE.
Thus, this Sunday, around 8:24 local time, the ship Fred’s Bencomo Express. Olsen informed the Maritime Rescue center in Tenerife of the sighting of a canoestopped in waters near Los Cristianos, so that Alpheratz was mobilized to cross the sea.
About 9:30, SAlvamento sighted the canoe “without steering” and proceeded to rescue the 39 people who were on boardall of them sub-Saharan men, and headed to the port of Los Cristianos with the empty boat in tow, where its arrival is expected around 11 in the morning, local time.
In El Hierro and Gran Canaria
Furthermore, yesterday afternoon, the Civil Guard informed the Maritime Rescue center in Tenerife of the presence of a cayuco about 11 kilometers south of El Hierroso the Concepción Arenal sea guard was mobilized, who located him at 8:25 p.m. local time and escorted him to the La Restinga dock where Half an hour later, 87 sub-Saharan people disembarked, including six women.
Finally, last Saturday afternoon the Sasemar 101 plane located a boat sailing more than 90 kilometers south of Gran Canaria and mobilized the Macondo sea saver, while the controllers diverted the CL Fugou vessel to the position, which remained escorting it and updating its course.
At around 8:30 p.m. local time, the crew of the salvamar Macondo began the approach and proceeded to the rescue of the 54 people who were on boardall of them North Africans, whom he disembarked after eleven at night on the dock of Arguineguin.
