Ourique: British citizen still missing in the waters of the dam of Santa Clara.
More than forty-eight hours of having disappeared in the waters of the dam of Santa Clara, the body of the British Richard Chapelow, 29 year old, still not been found, despite the great work of the various fire brigades involved in rescue operation.
Despite the strengthening of human and material resources in the dam of Santa Clara, remains to locate and recover the body of a British citizen, Richard Chapelow, 29 year old, disappeared in the waters of that reservoir, cerca the 17,00 hours of Monday.
The incident occurred at the mount of Apricot, located in Santana da Serra parish, municipality of Ourique, owned by English billionaire, Jon Hunt, when one of the children of this, nine friends followed in a boat that was pulling a buoy, type banana, where four British followed encavalitados, and fell to the water.
Three reached the boat and were saved, while Richard was never seen.
Search operations were reinforced with divers and boats of fire Cacilhas (Setúbal), Faro and Portalegre, in addition to the assets and Odemira Ourique, in total 60 operational and 19 land and sea means.
On Tuesday afternoon, two divers of the fire Moura, They were transported to the Clinical Alvor (Portimão), "Affected joints, it seems due to rapid decompression in Bayou bottom up ", confirmed to Lidador News (LN), Lt. Col. Victor Cabrita, District Operational Commander (CODES) the Beja Civil Protection.
By early yesterday afternoon, after conducting screening tests the two divers had high medical, not presenting any health problems.
Richard Chapelow's Body Rescue Operations, They will be resumed in the early hours of the morning of Thursday.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
