Ourique: British citizen still missing in the dam of Santa Clara.
missing British youngster continues that fell into the water in the dam of Santa Clara, at the mount of Apricot, located in Santana da Serra parish, municipality of Ourique. Searches are made more than three dozen operations, Divers with fire Aljustrel, Moura, in Setúbal and FEB corporation.
Richard Chapelow, of 29 year old, British nationality, Friend of the four children of the English billionaire, Jon Hunt, of 65 year old, owner of a fortune estimated at more than 1,2 billion pounds estrelinas and owner of the Apricot Hill, located in Santana da Serra parish, municipality of Ourique, still missing in the waters of the dam of Santa Clara, whose arms, further north, bathe that area.
The accident happened on Monday, cerca the 16,54 hours, when 10 people, all of British nationality, They sailed in the dam water. Six followed in a boat that was pulling a buoy, type banana, where other four followed encavalitados in inflatable.
For reasons still unknown, the float turned and the four people fell to the water. Three swam to the boat, while the fourth element was never sighted and remains missing.
Immediately they were deployed to the operational location of the fire Ourique and Odemira, with divers and boats, SIV Castro Verde and Ourique INEM ambulance, and later also been triggered divers of the Special Force Fire, headquartered in Moura, engaged in the Alqueva dam and GNR. Operations were suspended shortly after 20,00 hours of Monday, and the searches were involved twenty operational.
Search operations of UK citizen, They were taken to the last 08,00 hours, reinforced with divers and boats of fire and Aljustrel Moura, in total 31 operational, 10 land vehicles and three boats.
The Apricot Hill (in the upper right of the photo) It was purchased for about 3 years by Jon Hunt, and it is sealed in its entire length, to Bayou barrage of Santa Clara, prevented any stranger to the British clan. According to a source familiar closely the "real you" British, the individual began to invest in the region and bought several properties in the municipalities of Ourique and Odemira, having already invested over 10 million.
Mario Batista, commander of Ourique fire and coordinator of the missing citizen search operation, justified to Lidador News (LN) that "the depth of the site, in the order of 32/33 meters, very uneven floor, the existence of many cliffs and poor visibility from the 16 meters ", They have hampered research.
Cerca the 17,00 hours yesterday, the operation was increased to six divers and a vessel, coming from a Setúbal fire department.
Operations were halted at 19 hours and will be resumed on Wednesday to 07,30 hours, reinforced by divers and craft corporations of fire Portalegre and Faro.
Statement on behalf of Jon Hunt (na photos) and your family
"My family and I are devastated by the loss of Richard, following the tragic accident at the dam of Santa Clara. All our thoughts and prayers are with Richard's family and we ask that both families have the space to cope with such loss. We will work closely with the authorities to understand what happened and we are grateful to the local GNR and local firefighters for their efforts. This is a time of great sadness ".
The news was highlighted in Britain: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-brit-missing-after-banana-13117085
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
