Tragedy occurred in Kasos and specifically in the sea area of ​​Astakida on Monday evening when a French citizen who fell from a sailing boat during the Aegean 600 international sailing race was pulled out unconscious. Strong winds were blowing in the area.

Another athlete who also fell into the sea was pulled alive.

According to information from “Karpathian News”, the sails of the boat broke, causing both of them to end up in the sea.

A helicopter assistance was requested, however, due to the weather, it was unable to approach and the vessel from the port authority of Karpathos took action. Coastguards from Karpathos escorted the boat safely to the port of Kasos. The relevant preliminary investigation is carried out by the port authority of Kasos.

The announcement of the Coast Guard in detail

In the evening hours yesterday, the Port Authority of Kasos was informed about the fall into the sea of ​​two crew members of a Spanish-flagged sailboat (I/F) vessel, which was sailing northwest of the island. The crew members were gathered by the I/F, but a 40-year-old woman (a French national) was pulled out unconscious. Lifeboat LS-EL.AKT. went to the area, where it located the I/F and escorted it to the port of Kasos. From a doctor of P.P.I. The death of the 40-year-old foreigner was confirmed in Kasos, whose body is to be transferred to the Forensic Service of Rhodes for an autopsy. A preliminary investigation is carried out by the Kasos Port Authority.

The Aegean 600 announcement