תאריך בפורטוגל
Clock Icon

Search resumes for paddleboarder in Portimão with divers and drone

Search resumes for paddleboarder in Portimão with divers and drone

This morning, the authorities resumed the search for the man who disappeared late Thursday afternoon while practicing ‘stan up paddle’ in the River Arade, in Portimão, with the support of divers and a drone.

In the search operations, crew members from the Ferragudo Life Saving Station and members of the Portimão Fire Brigade are involved by sea, with a team of divers, and by land, members of the Portimão Maritime Police, as well as the fire department, supported by a drone, the National Maritime Authority said in a statement.

The man, 29 years old and of Mozambican nationality, allegedly got into difficulties while practicing stand up paddle in the river Arade, in the dredged area, south of Doca Pesca.

The Maritime Police’s psychology office was activated and is providing support to the person accompanying the victim.

“According to what we have been able to ascertain, the man disappeared in the river after getting into difficulties while returning from a stand-up paddle activity. His friend, who was with him and wearing a life jacket, managed to return to shore by his own means and alerted the authorities,” reads the note.

The friend alerted the authorities, who began the search with resources from the Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos (ISN), with a motorcycle and a dinghy, involving two operatives, the Polícia Marítima, with two vehicles and four agents, and a speedboat from the Portimão Fire Brigade with six operatives, two of them divers.

Leave a Reply

Here you can search for anything you want

Everything that is hot also happens in our social networks