As the Portuguese rescue services reported on Saturday, a fishing boat was the first to come to the aid of the crew members of the sunken yacht. From this unit, they were then transported to land by a Portuguese Air Force helicopter.
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Additionally, a frigate of the Portuguese Navy and a maritime police rescue ship took part in the rescue operation.
Orcas attacked the yacht. There were children on board
A statement from the Portuguese army shows that the rescued people are members of a family of five, including three children. They are citizens of France and Portugal. “Their yacht was attacked and sunk by a group of orcas. Until the fishing boat arrived, they were waiting for help in a rescue pontoon,” the Portuguese army said.
From the beginning of September this year. There were several attacks by killer whales on vessels off the coast of Portugal. After one of them, a yacht was sunk off the coast of the Lisbon agglomeration. Its crew had earlier disembarked and been picked up by another vessel nearby.
Scientists are still unable to clearly explain the phenomenon of killer whale attacks on vessels off the coast of the Iberian Peninsula, which has been growing for several years.
