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Rescuers said three people on board were still alive, but barely moving. Two men and one woman in serious condition were airlifted by a military helicopter to the island of Tenerife.
Spain: 17 dead in migrant boat found drifting off Canaries by The Associated Press Last Updated Apr 26, 2021 at 3:28 pm EDT BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says at least 17 people are believed to have died aboard a migrant boat found adrift off the Canary Islands. A Spanish military helicopter airlifted three survivors and was bringing them to land, a spokesperson with Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said. The migrant boat was first spotted by a Spanish Air Force plane drifting in the Atlantic Ocean some 265 nautical miles from the island of El Hierro Monday morning. ...
Spanish Red Cross reports that 16 of the 23 people on the boat off El Hierro island were also in a ‘serious condition’.
MADRID - Spanish authorities said Sunday that they had recovered the bodies of four migrants from a boat along with 19 survivors who had taken the treacherous route from West Africa to the Canary Islands.
Spanish Red Cross reports that 16 of the 23 people on the boat off El Hierro island were also in a ‘serious condition’.