Canadian rescue services recover 10 bodies from sunk Spanish trawler

By Tolulope Dolapo Thomas

Published: February 16, 2022 | 10:14 AM GMT

Sea rescue services from the Canadian city of Halifax found and recovered 10 bodies from a Spanish trawler that sank off the eastern coast of Canada.

The services said late on Tuesday, “Regrettably, 13 crews are still missing, Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) Halifax can confirm that an additional three deceased individuals have been recovered from the sunken fishing vessel.

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The centre had announced the recovery of seven bodies earlier.

Three surviving sailors from the trawler, suffering from severe hypothermia, were plucked from a life raft.

Spain’s fisheries ministry said, “The vessel, the Villa de Pitanxo, with a crew of 26 comprising 16 Spaniards, five Peruvians and five Ghanaians, launched a distress beacon.

“It sank around 450 km (280 miles) east-southeast of Newfoundland,” the ministry said.

The Villa de Pitanxo belongs to Nores Marin, a fishing company based in Pontevedra in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia.

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Canadian rescue services recover 10 bodies from sunk Spanish trawler

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About Tolulope Dolapo Thomas

Tolulope Dolapo Thomas, BSc, is a Public Health Educator and Broadcast Journalist with extensive experience in radio and television. She specializes in Health Promotion, Sexual and Reproductive/Fertility Health, and Environmental Health. Certified in CPR and First Aid, Tolulope is passionate about empowering women through evidence-based public health education, fertility awareness, and community sensitization. She is currently pursuing an MSc in Public Health and is the founder of Everywoman Health by TD, a women-focused health platform dedicated to providing accurate, accessible, and trustworthy guidance for women at every stage of life.