Canadians rescued after ship sinks
Published:Friday | February 19, 2010 | 6:22 PM
All 64 passengers and crew of a Canadian sailing ship that sank in high winds have been rescued from life rafts off the coast of Brazil.
A distress signal was picked up from the three-masted SV Concordia around yesterday.
A Brazilian Air Force plane reportedly spotted the rafts from the Concordia floating about 300 miles off the coast of Rio de Janeiro three hours later.
According to a Brazilian Navy official no one on board was injured.