The President of the Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque (PSD), said today that he has written to the Prime Minister warning that the Air Force helicopter stationed in Porto Santo is inactive, compromising rescue operations in the archipelago. “I am very concerned about this situation, especially sea rescue. Although we…
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They arrived on Monday morning, and today, approximately six dozen inspectors of the Judiciary Police returned to the mainland aboard a KC-390 Portuguese Air Force transport plane.
The Portuguese Air Force rescued two people and a cat last Friday when their vessel ran into trouble 257 km off the coast of Porto Santo.
At 7:30 am this morning, the search for the German tourist who was swept away by a wave in São Jorge continued.
This afternoon, the Portuguese Air Force released a video taken from one of their F-16's as they flew over Madeira on the 10th of June as part of the Portugal Day celebrations.
On Saturday the 1st of May, a sailboat was found adrift near Ilhéu Chão, Desertas islands, and towed back to Funchal as part of a joint rescue operation between the Maritime Police and SANAS.
Yesterday was a day of celebration, as the two surviving Covid-19 patients, who were flown to Madeira at the end of January are now back in Lisbon.