At least 6 people are dead and 7 are missing after a fishing vessel sinks in the South Atlantic
Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A fishing boat carrying 27 people sank nearly 200 miles off the Falkland Islands, leaving at least six people dead and seven missing, British and Spanish officials said Tuesday. Fourteen people made it onto a life raft and were rescued by two other fishing boats that were nearby when the 176-foot Argos Georgia sank after being suddenly flooded with water in the South Atlantic, Spanish authorities said. The Falkland Islands government said the helicopter crew had spotted survivors stranded at sea Monday but was forced to suspend rescue operations due to rough water, reduced visibility and windy conditions. The Argentine navy independently said it had received the vessel’s distress call and “assumed management of the search-and-rescue case.” While British teams failed to save the stranded crew, Argentina said its own maritime authorities coordinated the deployment of fishing boats to the life rafts “to rescue survivors despite extreme weather conditions.”
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