German woman was travelling on UK-flagged catamaran when incident happened, says Spain’s rescue service
A court in Spain has opened an investigation into the death of a German woman who died after being attacked by a shark while sailing 270 nautical miles (500km) off the Canary Islands on Tuesday.
According to the country’s maritime rescue service, Salvamento Marítimo, the 30-year-old woman was travelling on the British-flagged catamaran Dalliance Chichester about 110 miles west of the Western Saharan city of Dakhla when the attack happened just before 4pm local time.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/18/spanish-court-investigation-fatal-shark-attack-canary-islands-german-woman
Author : Sam Jones in Madrid
Publish date : 2024-09-18 14:14:02
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