On Sunday, the Marine Rescue Authority rescued a small boat in the waters near the Canary Island of El Hierro with between 70 and 100 people on board, including four deceased and some people in poor health, according to a spokesman for the public authority. Everything seemed to indicate that the passengers crashed without food and water, according to the state association.
The Canary Islands Government’s Emergency Coordination Center No. 112 at 6:25 informed the Tenerife Marine Rescue Center of the call of the Cayuco from the high seas, 23 nautical miles (about 26 km) south of the island, where they reported that they were stopped and without food.
Naval observers were mobilized to Salvamar boat And the Helimer 201 helicopter that rescued the Kaioko passengers at 8:15 local time. Aribaron to La Restinga (El Hierro) at 10.40.