The steering wheel fastnetwith Galician crew and capital, barely put to sea this Sunday morning in Dingle Bay (County of Kerry) when a mechanical failure caused the fishing boat to drift and end up running aground against the rocks, trapped on the Bínn Bán cliff, near the mouth of the port. The 14 crew members were rescued and transported by helicopter by the Irish Coast Guard (with a rescue control center on the island of Valentia) and are in good condition.
He FV Fastnetfrom the A Coruña shipowner Galpêche, based in Saint Jean de Luz and registered in France, measures 33 meters in length and remains stranded, in the middle of the strong storm that is hitting the coast. The work to try to remove the ship from the rocks on which it ran aground continues, amid fears that the weather conditions will worsen even more and the hull may break.
The pilot had just unloaded at the port of Dingle and shortly after leaving the dock he detected a loss of power in the propulsion system, as reported by the newspaper. Irish Times. He requested help by radio and the Valentia Maritime Rescue Coordination Center, with the participation of several emergency services units, undertook the rescue. Thanks to aerial means, the sailors were brought to safety, but although the sea rescue means left their bases at 11:30 in the morning, this Sunday it was not possible to move the fishing boat, according to the coordination center, due to the storm and the combination of heavy seas and shallow waters.
On the other hand, the emergency services resumed the search for the three Indonesian crew members of the Portuguese fishing boat early this Monday. Vila de Caminhawhich was shipwrecked on Sunday at the mouth of the Miño River, the border between Galicia and Portugal. The operation, coordinated by the neighboring country, began after 1:30 p.m., when the Miño Naval Command received notification of the location of an overturned boat at the mouth of the river, in the vicinity of Illa da Ínsua.
During the past day, the emergency services located two crew members, one Portuguese and the other Indonesian, while the search for the other three sailors continues. For the operation, Salvamento mobilized the Salvamar Miracha plane Sasemar 101 and a helicopter Koala. In addition, the rescue helicopter Fishing Ifrom Gardacostas de Galicia, collaborates in the search.
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