Now, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs has reported, a military aircraft to bring the six Spaniards to Spain. “We maintain our proposal to send a military plane, we are in discussions between the ministries and we hope that the plane will leave tomorrow morning to receive the Spaniards.”
In the same interview with Onda Cero, Albares also pointed out that there is not much information at the moment about the cause of the accident. “The oral testimonies assure that at some point, for some reason, water entered, a cleft. They report that there were bad conditions, with very strong waves and wind, but it's all guessworkThere will be an investigation and The exact causes of this sinking will be determined.“, he noted.
In the same vein, he pointed out that this afternoon the two deceased Spaniards, from Vigo and Baiona, will also arrive at the port, and with regard to the missing people he added that the search is complicated “due to the very difficult conditions” of the sea, with strong waves. 'The information they have given us is that they are going to try to recover that search as soon as circumstances permit“.
An operation that is carried out together with the Department of Defense “charter a plane.” “Faced with an emergency of this magnitude, the government is sparing no resources to care for the Spaniards and bring them to Spain as soon as possible,” the Foreign Ministry added.
Complications during rescue
Apart from the difficulties in finding the missing crew members, the adverse weather conditions since the beginning of the rescue operations have also prevented them from being carried out quickly. This was reported by the Malvinas government itself, which pointed out several points:extremely challenging conditions“as responsible for the delay in the rescue.
In this sense, one of the first helicopters sent to the accident area had to return to Puerto Argentino to refuel, given the weather conditions that also stopped the rescue operations.
Despite the complications, a large deployment of teams from different countries was mobilized for rescue operations. As soon as the Malvinas government was informed of the accident, it even received the cooperation of the government South Georgia and that of the South Sandwich Islands. They also had the work of the British Forces in the South Atlantic Islands, UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Apart from the announcement about Malvinas' rescue, Albares took advantage of the interview to comment on Malvinas' arrival minors from Gaza to Spain“These are the first hours of hope and a response to the commitment of WHO and the Palestinian people, who are facing a catastrophe, and we are giving these children the opportunity to access health care and the right to live in peace and tranquility.”
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