Yacht was carrying five people when killer whales attacked it near Fonte da Telha beach
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Yacht was carrying five people when killer whales attacked it near Fonte da Telha beach
Yacht was carrying five people when killer whales attacked it near Fonte da Telha beach
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The vessel was sailing along off the coast of Fonte da Telha beach in Portugal on Saturday when disaster struck.

The crew were taken to the port of Cascais by a patrol boat after ‘repeated strikes’ by a killer whale on the vessel

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