In difficult weather conditions, with strong winds of 7-8 on the Beaufort scale and gusts of up to 9-10 on the Beaufort scale, the Coast Guard operation continued at night, to detection of migrants who were on a sailboat in the area of the Diakofti sea of the island of Kythira.
According to the first information, one of the passengers told 112 that the boat was in a difficult situation and that there were about 100 people on board.
Shortly thereafter, the ship hit a rocky escarpment, where it remained half-flooded until midnight.
A ship of the high seas of the port is expected at the scene of the incident, ships and a helicopter of the Navy are already there.
By midnight, seven people had been rescued, according to the Coast Guard, with no bodies found.
Source: Kathimerini
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