Portuguese rescue teams were trying to find a 16-year-old Frenchman on Tuesday who had disappeared the day before while diving off Faial in the Azores archipelago, the National Maritime Authority said.
The search to find this young Frenchman who disappeared at sea on Monday afternoon while “snorkeling” must “resume on Tuesday”, a spokesman for the National Maritime Authority told AFP.
Various ships and air force in relief support
The alert about the disappearance of this diver, “about ten nautical miles (about 18 kilometers)” west of Faial, had been given “by a representative of a tourism company specializing in maritime activities,” according to the press release of the Portuguese authorities. .
The work of the rescuers, supported in particular by several ships and an air force plane, was interrupted at the end of the day on Monday. Faial Island is located in the central group of the Azores archipelago, a popular destination for tourists, about 1,500 kilometers west of Lisbon.
Source: BFM TV
