Canary Islands cruise ship accident : 5 dead 3 injured

( Translated ) For unknown reasons, the boat fell from a height of thirty meters with eight crew on board and was overturned on the surface during a mock.

Five members of the crew of a cruise ship docked in Santa Cruz de La Palma have died and three others were injured after falling into the sea one of the lifeboats, which was conducting a mock rescue.

For unknown reasons, the boat fell from a height of thirty meters with eight crew on board and was overturned on the sea surface.

An estimated 2,000 passengers traveling on the cruise , neither of which was affected in the incident, which occurred at 12.05 pm.

The identity of the injured has not been provided, although the three are dead in Indonesia, one of the Philippines and one from Ghana , while the wounded were two Greeks and a Filipino , said the Civil Guard, which has taken over the investigation of the incident.



Emergency services recovered the bodies of the dead and rescued the wounded, two of them in less severe and one mild, sources with the Port Authority.

Among the injured, there is a male 32-year-old Greek national who at baseline had policontusions assistance of a less serious nature and was taken by ambulance to the SUC General Hospital of La Palma

Another of the wounded is a man of 30 years who had a less severe bruising and was also referred to the same hospital.

The third wounded had minor injuries from which he was treated by ambulance staff.

The ship is the Thomson Majesty , the British company Thomson Cruises and Maltese flag , is based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, performsCanary and Madeira cruises and usually saturates Sunday in Santa Cruz de La Palma .

In the rescue operation involving a helicopter Emergency and Rescue Group (GES) of the Canary Islands, Emergency Service personnel Canario, health center doctors, divers of La Palma Fire and Emergency Association Anaga, national police, local and civil guards.

Source : ABC.es

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