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Dubai: Dubai Police have rescued a Spanish family after their yacht broke down near a rock breaker off Jumeirha coast.
The yacht stopped due to a technical glitch but the swift response by the police’s maritime rescue patrols prevented the yacht from drifting and colliding into the rock breaker despite the strong sea currents and high waves.
Distress call
According to Colonel Dr Hassan Suhail Al Suwaidi, Director of Ports Police Station, the Command-and-Control Centre at Dubai Police received a distress call from the Spanish family as their yacht broke down at the sea. The Station, which has across nine marine points across in Dubai, immediately responded to the call and handled the situation with extreme finesse and professionalism , he confirmed.
The swift response to the family's report contributed to preventing the yacht from drifting and colliding into the rock breaker despite the strong sea currents and high waves.
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The Dubai Police maritime rescue patrols have recently rescued six Asian sailors, and prevented their dhow from sinking in Dubai Creek.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Ali Abdullah Al Naqbi, Head of the Maritime Rescue Department at the Ports Police Station, water leaked into the dhow through a crack caused by overloading wooden boat with commercial cargo.
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“The Command and Control Centre at Dubai Police received an emergency call from the dhow’s captain as water filled started filling their boat as they were sailing out of Dubai Creek onto an Asian country,” Al Naqbi explained.