Overview

• A 39-year-old British woman rented a cream-coloured Quicksilver 475 Axess with a Mercury outboard motor from Helix Charter Formentera on Wednesday afternoon and did not return by nightfall
• Friends raised the alarm when the 15-foot vessel failed to reappear at La Salina port as scheduled, triggering the initial response
• The search operation now includes a Spanish Coastguard search and rescue helicopter, two coastguard vessels and Civil Guard officers sweeping both sea and shoreline
• Authorities have circulated detailed descriptions of the missing boat to mariners across the Balearic Islands to broaden the search perimeter
• Investigators are exploring every scenario in light of the woman’s unknown plans and the absence of new leads