Marine police expand searches after shipwreck in Troia

“At the seaside we will try to enter the Carvalhal area by jet ski“So that in this area we can also see if there is any evidence or any other news,” the captain of the port of Setubal told reporters.

He added that “the dynamics, wind and sea felt from the southwest” make authorities believe that “everything is likely to be found nearby.”

This morning, inspections went to Comporta again, and nothing was discovered, nor any kind of equipment, nor anyone. “So, today we will focus again on this area of operations and eventually in the afternoon, if we see that there is no evidence in this area, we can expand.”

According to Commander Marco Serrano Augusto, “Of the four missing persons, two have been identified by their families At the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Setubal.”The boy's father and one of his siblings, from another group, who maintained a “friendly relationship between the four individuals on board”, have yet to be found.

The person in charge of the Setubal Port Authority had already explained to RTP, on Sunday, what might have caused the sinking: “In fact, we received an alert at around 10 in the morning from a recreational vessel with a cabin about six meters long, in front of Sol Troya was surprised by a sea strike.” “About a mile and a half from the coast.”

“The helmsman was assisted, at around 10 a.m., by a pleasure boat that was nearby and from there the alert to picket the Marine Police was raised,” added Serrano Augusto, who is also the local commander of the Marine Police.

Relatives of the shipwreck victims are receiving psychological support.