Orcas sink tourist boat off Portuguese coast

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

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The vessel was sailing along off the coast of Fonte da Telha beach in Portugal on Saturday when disaster struck.

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Lisa Festervoll, among the crew, said the whole boat shook, 'hit hard and quickly'. Orcas rocked the helm and the rudder, and the…

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Elise Wurschmidt was on a day trip with two friends and their captain when the boat was attacked by killer whales on Saturday,…

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The coast guard swept in on Monday to save four people on a sailboat in Costa da Caparica, near Lisbon, that had suffered…

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Exclusive: Killer whales have attacked yachts off the coast of Spain and Portugal on several occasions in the past few weeks,…

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Rescuers were alerted to the attacks in the waters of Galicia

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