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30-year-old German tourist dies after shark attack in Canary Islands

The woman was being rescued by a sea rescue helicopter when she suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest. A British catamaran was sailing in the Atlantic when it was attacked

The Salvamar Adhara tows a canoe to the port of La Restinga ep.

09/17/2024

Updated at 8:10 p.m.

A German tourist dies while being transported by helicopter after being attacked by a shark 514 kilometres off the Canary Islands, Salvamento Marítimo confirmed to AFP. The 30-year-old woman She lost a leg and was rescued by emergency services. when he died of cardiorespiratory arrest.

The incident occurred at 4 p.m. (Canary Islands time) when the crew of the pleasure boat on which he was received sent a distress message. The woman He was sailing on a British catamaran in the Atlantic, more than 500 kilometres southwest of the island of Gran Canaria, when he was attacked by the shark.

That’s when Spanish Maritime Rescue was coordinated with the Moroccan Navy, but it said it did not have sufficient resources, so the Spanish emergency services, sharing international responsibilities with Morocco, issued an alert to all ships in the area to see if they could offer immediate assistance.

A Search and Rescue (SAR) Service Helicopter Air Force soldiers arrived at the scene and took the victim away at around 8:05 p.m.

Ship tracking website shipfinder.com said the vessel, the Dalliance Chichester, It had set sail from the port of Las Palmas on September 14.


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