Spectacular rescue
Three men survive 11-day crossing to the Canary Islands on the rudder of an oil tanker
The three migrants from Nigeria on the rudder blade of the tanker “Alithini II”
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What a story: while fleeing to Europe, three migrants apparently waited eleven days next to the rudder of an oil tanker en route from Nigeria to the Canary Islands. The Spanish Coast Guard finally recovered the men in the port of Las Palmas
On their flight to Europe, three stowaway migrants hid next to the rudder of an oil tanker for eleven days. According to the Spanish Coast Guard, they were spotted upon arrival in the Canary Islands. The three migrants were “located in the rudder blade of the ship ‘Alithini II'” when it anchored near the port of Las Palmas, the Spanish coast guard told the AFP news agency on Monday. The authorities initially gave no information about the origin of the rescued.
“They were tired and showing signs of hypothermia and upon arrival at the port they were treated by health services,” the statement said. The rescued were “moderately dehydrated” and needed hospital treatment, wrote the emergency number 112 on Twitter.
According to tracking website shipfinder.com, the Maltese-flagged “Alithini II” took off from Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, on November 17. On Monday, the oil tanker arrived at the port of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, off the northwest coast of Africa.