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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Galicia (Spain) - Asharq Al-Awsat

Frenchman Survives in Atlantic Ocean Waters for 16 Hours

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officers search for the missing divers during the search and rescue operation off the Mersing coast, Johor, Malaysia, April 8, 2022. (Reuters)

A 62-year-old Frenchman survived for 16 hours in an air bubble inside his capsized sailboat in the Atlantic Ocean before being rescued in an operation described as "verging on the impossible".

According to Sky News, the 40ft Jeanne SOLO Sailor sent out a distress signal at 20.23 on Monday from 14 miles from the Sisargas Islands off Spain's northwestern Galicia region, the coast guard said.

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