Yesterday Tuesday, November 5, after two days of the complicated rescue of 21 people inside the Cova del Llop Marí, the Maritime Rescue helicopter returned to Xàbia, specifically, in the vicinity of Portitxol before the emergency suffered by a catamaran . The boat had hit the rocks of this part of our coast causing a waterway and becoming semi-sunk.
The rescue of the only crew member, a French man, aged 75, attended the Helimer 202, but the man refused to get on the helicopter, so it was decided to save him by sea with the help of the Xàbia fishing vessel, Sol Tercer, who was the one He moved to the port.
We dismissed the day with these images of an intervention of Helimer 202 that has had to attend a catamaran with problems in the vicinity of Jávea.
Published by Maritime Rescue on Tuesday, November 5 of 2019
The reason why it was the fisherman who rescued him is that because the Salvamar boat, based in Xàbia, suffered a breakdown during the rescue last Sunday and could not go to this emergency either, according to the Levante newspaper. Finally and after tonight, the catamaran has been completely sunk.
To highlight, that there are already two interventions of the Maritime Rescue air service based in Manises, in Xàbia, after the announcement by the Ministry of reduce this emergency service causing the crew to perform localized guard, instead of face-to-face, which would cause a delay in the response time to an emergency.
