Large rescue when empty sailboat was discovered – a death – Aftonbladet

An empty sailing boat with sails set drifted ashore outside Ystad on Sunday.

After a major rescue operation was possible just before 18 to pick up a man from the water.

– the person found floating in the water, says Daniel Lindblad at the Swedish Maritime Administration.

the man, who was 65 years of age, was found dead at the hospital.

on Sunday, beating several individuals alarms after an empty sailing boat drifted ashore from Ystad Svarte.

– We got the alarm by private individuals when the clock 13, the boat was apparently driverless, says Daniel Lindblad, press officer at the Swedish Maritime Administration.

individuals alerted

According to the Maritime Administration had the boat sails set indicating that “one or more persons were on board.”

at 17:50 picked a person out of the water two nautical mil south of Kåseberga, east of Ystad.

– There must be a man and he was found floating in the water with a life jacket. He is trained by rescue helicopter to the hospital in Lund, says Daniel Lindblad.

According to Region Skåne’s press service nurtured man for life-threatening injuries. Later in the evening the police announced that he had died.

– He was found dead at the hospital, says Anna Göransson, the police south region.

The man was 65 years of age and resident in southern Sweden . Relatives are informed.

Why the man ended up in the water you do not know.

– There will be established a notification of death so we will investigate it, says Anna Göransson.

In the operation participated, among other things, a helicopter from the Maritime Administration, several rescue boats from the Swedish Sea Rescue Society, aircraft and a passenger.

– the boat had set sail, so it indicates that it does not cut through, and that someone had been on board. It suggests that an accident has happened, says Daniel Lindblad.

The boat had obvious injuries, the newspaper Ystads Allehanda.

No board

Above all sought for people in the water at an area near Kåseberga, east of Ystad.

– We found a spread chart of this area and Simrishamn on board. We have also been in contact with people in the country who had seen it driving the boat came from the southeast, said Daniel Lindblad.

At 19 o’clock announced the Maritime Administration to sökinsatsen was completed. The man was found in the water right in terms of age with identification documents that were on board the boat.

– All indications are that he has been alone. We have looked at what kind of equipment was on board and there is only one set of personal equipment, such as a sleeping bag and clothes for one person, says Daniel Lindblad said.

The Maritime Administration who led the effort and overall had three units in the air, of which a large reconnaissance plane.