DISASTER● ELEVATEDAug 18 · Aug 18, 2026, 3:46 PM
Search launched after sailboat found adrift off French island
France 24 [en]
Search operations were under way Monday evening for anyone who may have been on board a yacht found adrift off a French island. The alert was raised by a passenger aboard a Brittany Ferries vessel travelling from Portsmouth in Britain to Bilbao in Spain, who spotted the yacht apparently in distress.
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