F/V Villa de Pitanxo: Repatriation of dead sailors stalled after bodies test positive for COVID-19

Some of the bodies of Spanish and Peruvian sailors who drowned in a shipwreck off Newfoundland’s coast last week are reportedly not being returned to their families right away because their corpses tested positive for COVID-19. The Spanish fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo sank 460 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland on Feb 15. Three fishermen were rescued and nine bodies were recovered, with 12 still missing. Four of the bodies, including two Spaniards and two Peruvians, reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 after being recovered. >click to read< 11:07

One Response to F/V Villa de Pitanxo: Repatriation of dead sailors stalled after bodies test positive for COVID-19

  1. richard lovasco says:

    I m looking at this on a random day and it has a 20% list now i dont know but if it happened to be like that on that fateful night it certainly would of not helped it out n on the stern ramp up on top of the net reels looked really full. Not good god rest there souls n family

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