He maritime storm that affects the coast of the Valencian Community forced this Wednesday to suspend the major body search operation at sea, as reported Efe Antonio Padialresponsible for the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in Valencia.
This center is part of the coordinating body for the search for bodies at sea. Since the start of the operation, it has carried out calculations of the areas of action to allocate them to the means deployed by different organizations, entities and institutions.
He victim search area It is limited to approximately 200 kilometers in length and another 60 kilometers in width, between the mouth of the Turia River and the outskirts of Alicante. Over the past two weeks, they have mobilized to 200 people crews that make up active maritime and air assets.
Since the operation is subject to weather conditions, due to the storm affecting the coast, for the safety of the crews and above all due to the difficulty – due to the height of the waves – of being able to detect any body on the water surface, The activity was suspended this Wednesday for the first time since its start, after the DANA of October 29.
Usually the search is carried out from sunrise to sunset and, So far, no body has been detected..
On the other hand, remains of branches, bottles or plastics were found which, in a way, confirm that “the simulation carried out so far is correct”, as Padial indicated.
