The 30-year-old woman was bitten by a shark while sailing a catamaran on Monday afternoon, 278 miles southwest of the island of Gran Canaria. She lost a leg and died a few hours later of cardiac arrest on board the Spanish rescue helicopter that was evacuating her, they said.
The tragedy occurred in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Africa: the young woman, who was sailing aboard the British catamaran “Dalliance Chichester”, lost a leg when a shark attacked her.
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Spanish rescue services were notified at 2:55 p.m. (12:55 p.m. GMT) that “a medical evacuation” was required and, after requesting Moroccan rescue services, they decided to send a helicopter and a Spanish army plane to help the crew of the catamaran.
The victim boarded the helicopter at around 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. GMT) and died of cardiac arrest while being evacuated to hospital in Las Palmas – the capital of Gran Canaria – emergency services said.
According to the specialist website vesselfinder.com, the “Dalliance Chichester”, a 17-metre pleasure boat, left the port of Las Palmas on Saturday 14 September.
