Maritime authorities resumed this Sunday the search for an American who dived off a cliff in Vila do Bispo on Friday, the captain of the port of Lagos told Lusa.
The search engine teams, which had interrupted work early Saturday night, resumed searches at sea and on land around 7:30 am, and at 8:00 a group of divers from the Maritime Police. were still trying to get to the scene, but “conditions didn’t allow and they didn’t hit the water,” Captain Pedro da Palma said.
“We will continue to search by sea and by dismounted groups, by land, at least until noon,” the same source said, stressing that rough seas prevented divers from entering the water.
The search was suspended around 20:00 on Saturday, after a day of work at sea and on land, which lasted until 14:00 with the participation of the Air Force.
On Saturday, divers also tried to come in to find the missing 27-year-old girl at the cliff, but the state of the sea did not allow the team of divers to enter the water, the port captain told Lusa.
“We tried to conduct searches at the level of the water column with the help of divers, but due to the state of the sea, this was not possible. Until sunset, we continued searches at sea level with a warship and a boat from the rescue station in Sagres, as well as searches of pedestrians on the beaches of Zavial and Barranco with the participation of volunteer firefighters from Vila do Bispo and the Marine Police,” said Commander Pedro Yes Palma about work on Saturday.
The same source explained that entering the sea for divers was “too risky” due to rough seas that make the water in the area “very muddy”.
The harbor master then clarified that the first difficulty for the searchers was “the state of the sea, which is out of shape”, and emphasized that the missing person “rushed to [ao mar] next to the rock”, where “there is a lot of surf and there are several places with caves, where in the end the sea could place the victim.”
“Then the place he rushed to is a hard to reach place and already hard to get to” when sea conditions are good, he added, noting that about 30 operators are involved in operations this Sunday, including elements of the navy, the marine police, Shipwrecked Institute, Civil Protection and Vila do Bispo Fire Brigade.
A disappearance alert was received around 8 p.m. Friday by the Faro District Relief Operations Command (CDOS), and the search continued for part of the night until it was aborted due to poor visibility at the scene, the agency said. Maritima Nacional (AMN) Friday night.
In a search operation coordinated by the Harbor Master and the local commander of the Lagos Marine Police, “elements of the local command of the Lagos Marine Police, the Sagres Rescue Station and the volunteer firefighters of Vila do Bispo. , as well as an aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force, indicated at the time AMN.
“The man was escorted by a person next to a rock between Barranco Beach and Ingrina Beach when he allegedly dived into the sea, eventually disappearing,” said AMN, who also activated the NCIS Psychological Office to “provide assistance to the person who accompanied the victim.” “.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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