Overview

• The Nuevo Salmón went down about 150 nautical miles east of the Azores within the Portuguese search-and-rescue area.
• Three Spanish sailors and eight Indonesian crew members were recovered alive and reported in good condition without needing medical assistance.
• A merchant vessel identified in reports as the CS Standard or MC Standard picked up the survivors before a helicopter airlifted them to São Miguel.
• Spain's National Maritime Rescue Coordination Center received the EPIRB signal and coordinated closely with RCC Ponta Delgada during the response.
• The 28‑meter steel-hulled longliner, built in 1990, was fishing for swordfish when it developed an uncontrollable water ingress, and the owner is arranging the crew’s return.