Overview

• The merchant ship CS Standard recovered the crew and a helicopter later flew them to São Miguel.
• Survivors reported an overnight water ingress that they could not stop as the likely cause.
• The sinking occurred about 150 nautical miles east of the Azores within Portuguese search-and-rescue waters.
• Salvamento Marítimo said the three Spaniards and eight Indonesians were in good condition and needed no medical assistance.
• The 28‑meter steel vessel, built in 1990 and owned by Pesquera Lelo Mar, has a documented 2006 narcotics-linked history.