A marine robot will go down this Wednesday to the ‘Vilaboa Uno’, about 120 meters deep

Euskaraz irakurri: Itsas robot bat ‘Vilaboa Uno’ ontzira, 120 meter inguruko sakonerara, jaitsiko da asteazkenean

A Civil Guard robot will go down this Wednesday to the place where it is sunk the fishing boat Vilaboa Oneat about 120 meters deep, to obtain images and to know their situation in a more concrete way, since the hypothesis is being considered that the sailor of Peruvian origin who is still missing is inside the ship.

In addition, as of this Wednesday the works of the Permanent Commission for the Investigation of Maritime Accidents and Incidents to elucidate the causes of this shipwreck, in which two sailors died and a third is still missing.

The Minister of Fisheries, Luis Planashas announced it this Tuesday together with the Cantabrian president, Miguel Angel Revillaafter meeting in Santander with Salvamento Marítimo, the president of the Organization of Deep Sea Fishing Producers of Cantabria, the owner of the Vilaboa One and representatives of the next of kin affected by the event.

View of the work at the Maritime Rescue headquarters, from where the search for the missing sailor is being carried out. Photo: EFE

Planas has said that the work will now focus on knowing the situation of the sunken ship with the descent of this civil guard robotso that “Maritime Rescue Indicate the next steps to take.

“We hope and hope that the body is found as soon as possible”, confided the Minister of Fisheries, who stressed that “it is impossible to alleviate the grief and pain that not only family and friends have, but all those who knew them .

Together with the minister, the President of Cantabria, Miguel Ángel Revilla, has appeared, who has shown his understanding of the “nervousness and anguish” of the family of one of the dead fishermen, who this morning denounced that they had not been able to see the body of the sailor.