The British woman who went missing after hiring a boat on the paradise island of Formentera in the Balearic Islands has been rescued alive.
A major search operation swung into place on Wednesday evening after the 39-year-old failed to return the 15-foot motor boat to the rental firm at Formentera's La Savina port as scheduled.
Now it has emerged the woman, named locally as Mary Gavin, has been rescued adrift by a ferry covering the Ibiza to Valencia route.
She is understood to have been transferred to a hospital in Valencia to receive medical attention. Her condition this morning was not immediately clear.
The rescue is said to have occurred around 5pm yesterday. There has not yet been any official statement from the Civil Guard although they confirmed today the woman had been found alive.
