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In a statement, the GNR Coastal Control Unit (UCC) said that the crew of the 12-meter-long sailboat made a distress call, through maritime VHF radio communications, when it was about three nautical miles away from the earth, equivalent to 5.5 kilometers.
“The military [do subdestacamento de Controlo Costeiro de Sines] they went to the place with the surveillance and interception boat, where they found that the boat had been hit by two killer whales that broke the rudder, leaving the boat adrift and without maneuverability ”, he advanced.
The crew, of Portuguese nationality, had no injuries and the sailboat, with the Belgian flag, was towed by the Republican National Guard patrol to the Port of Recreio de Sines, in the district of Setúbal, where “it will remain to be repaired”. said a UCC source.
Although they are common in the south of the country, GNR explains that this was the first time it received reports of killer whales in Sines.
