The searches for a 32-year-old man missing after falling from a high-speed vessel at the Taiwan Ria in Tavira were interrupted on the afternoon of Thursday. They'll be resumed tomorrow morning
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13/11/2026
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As searches for a 32-year-old man missing after allegedly falling from a high-speed vessel in Taiwan, in Tavira, were interrupted at the end of the afternoon of Thursday without having found the victim.
The man is missing since the night of Monday, November 11, after allegedly falling from the High Speed Ship (EAV) in which he followed, which he threw on the island of Cabanas, in the Formosa ria, in the municipality of Tavira.
According to the National Maritime Authority (AMN) in notifiedthe search was interrupted at the end of this afternoon and will resume tomorrow morning
In the search operations, coordinated by the Captain of Porto and Local Commander of the Tavira Maritime Police, crew members of the Tavira Lifeguard Station and elements of the Tavira Municipal Firefighters were engaged by sea and, by land, elements of the Captaincy and Local Command of the Tavira Maritime Police.
It is recalled that the three crew members following the victim have already been identified. To SIC News, the Commander of the Captaincy of the Port of Tavira and Vila Real de Santo António, Sérgio Pardal, revealed that the boat was sighted by the Maritime Police and the Republican National Guard (GNR), following a “joint operation” to combat drug trafficking.
The Portuguese authorities attempted to approach the four crew members of the vessel, next to the Four Waters, and they advanced, in flight, towards the bar of Tavira, where they will have collided with something, not yet determined.
The three crew members who asked for help were eventually “identified”. “They are all older and of Moroccan nationality,” said Sérgio Pardal, adding that they were assisted on site and sent to Faro Hospital, “where they were observed.”.