Greece: Spanish family rescued from yacht after being caught in a storm

Posted on July 8, 2013 • Filed under: Greece, Tourists Rescued

According to thelocal.es, an ‘uncooperative’ Spanish family of five stranded on a yacht amid gale-force winds in the Aegean Sea was rescued by the Greek coastguard on Sunday after an operation including a helicopter airlift and a speedboat. “We received a distress call from a Spanish woman on board a yacht with three children, who said her husband was on a life raft,” a Greek merchant marine ministry spokeswoman said. Read article

Share This Story
  • Print
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Twitter
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Add to favorites
  • email