A passenger boat sank on Thursday with 13 people on board early in the afternoon in the waters of Parede, municipality of Cascais. Ten people were injured in the accident of a tour boat after approaching a rocky area, said the spokesman for the National Maritime Authority.
A passenger boat sank on Thursday with 13 people on board early in the afternoon in the waters of Parede, municipality of Cascais. Ten people were injured in the accident of a tour boat after approaching a rocky area, said the spokesman for the National Maritime Authority. Bob, expats assistant in Portugal, tells you everything about this sinking in Cascais.
According to Commander Pereira da Fonseca, the accident led to the hospitalization of 10 wounded, with "hematomas and signs of hypothermia. None, however, are in danger.
The 10 wounded were aboard the ship at the time of the accident and are for the majority of tourists of Finnish nationality.
According to the reports of the digital newspaper Cascais24, the sinking was recorded around 13 hours. Rescue operations required 32 rescuers, supported by 13 Cascais fire-fighting vehicles and the National Maritime Authority under the direction of the Cascais port captain.
According to information from the National Maritime Authority, by 2 pm all the occupants had been rescued and were "on land for examination". At the time of writing, it is not yet possible to explain the reasons for this incident.