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Easyjet schedules 12 rescue flights for the 19th, 20th and 21st

Tobi Hughes18th March 2020

EasyJet has just released the plan for the repatriation flights of tourists who still remain in Madeira. Rescue flights will be carried out on the 19th, 20th an...

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CALHETA POLICE BECOME HEROES AFTER RESCUING YOUTH ON MALOEIRA BRIDGE

Tobi Hughes17th January 2020

Two PSP agents in the Calheta Squadron staff achieved the status of heroes after the rescue of a young woman who was leaning over the Maloeira Bridge in Calhet...

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FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE DUCK EGGS IN RIBEIRA DE SANTA LUZIA

Tobi Hughes21st November 2019

Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) were in the Ribeira de Santa Luzia area (on the edge of the Finance building) this morning to rescue duck eggs. The mem...

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THIRD TURTLE SAVED BY ‘ATLANTIC PEARL’ CREW IN ONE WEEK

Tobi Hughes10th September 2019

Within a week, Atlantic Pearl saved another turtle trapped in a net and returned it to sea. As JM advanced three days ago in its online edition, catamaran em...

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Lost at Sea, Saved by Sanas

Tobi Hughes31st August 2018

If it were not for a round trip and the curiosity of the crew of a SANAS rescue boat in the coastal zone of Caniço, three young people could have finished their...

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2 sea rescues in Caniço on Saturday.

Tobi Hughes12th August 2018

The Port Authority of Funchal reported Saturday that it has carried out two rescue operations in the seas of the Madeira, more precisely on the coast. One of...

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Turtle Rescue-Plastic in our Ocean

Tobi Hughes22nd June 2018

Love this video and had to share. You cannot avoid news about plastic and the harm it does to everything, so happy to see this Turtle rescued and swim free aga...

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Spanish Tourist Rescued at Sea

Tobi Hughes6th April 2018

A 16-year-old Spanish tourist was only recently rescued and rescued from a tourist boat carrying a sea After the young woman felt ill and became unconscious, t...

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Maritime search and rescue exercise

Tobi Hughes8th March 2018

This is what the Navy and lifeboat was up to earlier today.. The Navy and Maritime Authority, in conjunction with the Regional Civi...

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Praia Formosa Boat Rescue

Tobi Hughes13th December 2017

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Rescue of four stupid tourists

Tobi Hughes31st July 2017

Four tourists had to be rescued yesterday in the village of Bom Sucesso, by a team of Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters, after an alert launched at 3:20 pm. Desp...

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Tourist needed rescuing

Tobi Hughes22nd May 2017

A tourist today (Monday) at 14 o'clock, on the path Pico Arieiro / Pico Ruivo, near Pico do Gato, had to be rescued by the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters. Exh...

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Life Guards Rescue Vessel.

Tobi Hughes18th May 2017

Tonight, Sanas was called in to rescue a 12-meter craft that was in trouble off Madeira. It is a foreign-flagged boat with seven crew members, which suffered a...

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Man rescued on Levada

Tobi Hughes14th January 2017

The Santana Volunteer Firefighters set up a rescue operation at about 3:15 pm today for a tourist who suffered a fall in the levada that connects Fajã da Noguei...

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Landslide below Cabo Girão

Tobi Hughes12th November 2016

A landslide at the Fajã in Cabo Girão early today caused concern, huge plumes of dust were seen as far away as Funchal. Two tourists were in the area at the ti...

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More Tourists in Trouble at Sea

Tobi Hughes27th October 2016

Two tourists have been rescued from the sea at Praia Formosa. The father and son found themselves in difficulty when taken by surprise by the waves, The son su...

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