(dr) National Maritime Authority
The search continues this Tuesday morning for the two missing from the collision between a catamaran and a ferry. Fishermen are said to be fleeing from the police.
A collision between a ferry of Transtejo and a fishing boat on the Tagus River, in Lisbon, at 5:05 pm this Monday, caused two serious injuries and two people are missing, an official source from the National Maritime Authority told Lusa.
According to the entity’s spokesperson, at 5:05 pm an alert was received for a “collision between a ferry and a fishing vesseland there are two people missing in the waters of the Tagus and two seriously injured people have already been recovered”.
O ferry it made the connection between Barreiro and Lisbon and the injured are being assisted by the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM).
According to , the fishing vessel was named “Bina”, and the men who were there would be running from the policesay other fishermen.
“People are evade inspection actions of the Maritime Police and, unfortunately, there are accidents”, says a fisherman in the area, but recognizes that “the authorities are just doing their job”.
“Bina”, according to the collection of material carried out by the police, would be used for illegal clam fishing.
Nas rescue and search operations A vessel from the Lisbon Maritime Police Local Command, a vessel from the Lifeguard Station of the Port Authority of Lisbon and a vessel from the Lisbon Firefighters are involved.
A Transtejo statement to which the Observer had access guarantees that the ferry captain did not revealed alcohol consumption in the blood test that you have already accomplished.
According to the company, the vessel warned the catamaran with “several audible alerts“, all “ignored” by fishermen.
The commander of the Maritime Police confirmed that it was the master of the passenger vessel who gave the warning that it had collided with a “smaller vessel”, with four occupants, two of whom were rescued next to the Margueira pier and assisted by the Cacilhas firefighters.
“The tide will go down and the searches will take place until we judge that there are conditions to carry them out”, said the captain of the port of Lisbon, Paulo Rodrigues Vicente.
“We don’t have a forecast in terms of hours to carry out the searches, let’s see the conditions, let’s beat the area, let’s check all the areas nearby”, explained the commander of the Lisbon Maritime Police, adding that the “river has very special characteristicsit is not open sea, the current has a strong influence on the transport of people” and they will “take advantage of this experience and try to find these people”.
During Monday night, the searches were suspended, having resumed this morning. It’s already been opened an inquiry to determine the circumstances and responsibilities.
