Canada calls off search for missing sailors from sunk Spanish trawler


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  • Wednesday, 16 Feb 2022

Search vessels are seen from a plane after a Spanish fishing trawler sank off the Canadian coast on Tuesday, on the Grands Banks, in Canada February 15, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

(This February 16 story corrects lead paragraph after Canadian rescue officials changed the number of dead to 9 from 10, missing to 12 from 11)

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (Reuters) - Canadian rescue officials on Wednesday suspended the search for 12 missing crew members from a Spanish trawler that sank the previous day in rough seas off the coast of Newfoundland, killing at least nine people.

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