Two women and a man have died and another 41 people have been rescued from the sea alive after a patera capsized off the coast of Porís de Abona, in Tenerife, when a rescue boat was on it’s way to pick them up, according to a spokesperson from Maritime Rescue this lunchtime.
The Salvamar Alpheratz, the first rescue boat to arrive in the area, has brought one deceased and 36 survivors (30 men, four children and a baby) to the port of Los Cristianos, and the fishing boat "Fani", which was the first to spot the patera at 8.35am this morning (Friday), has taken two deceased women and five survivors to the Porís de Abona dock.
According to emergency services, a pregnant woman has been evacuated by helicopter to a hospital and four other occupants of the boat have received health care for mild hypothermia on land in Porís.
