An elderly couple of tourists from the United States decided to sail across the Atlantic on a sailing yacht and disappeared in the middle of the ocean. The New York Post writes about it.
So, 65-year-old Yanni Nikopoulos and Dale Jones from Virginia set sail on June 8 – they planned to overcome about 4.3 thousand kilometers to the Azores (Portugal) on a 10-meter vessel.
At first, travelers regularly called up relatives, but on the fifth day, being 740 kilometers from the US coast, they complained about bad weather, after which they stopped communicating.
The next day, Jones’ daughter contacted the Coast Guard.
“We did not see any signs of distress, but we still notified all maritime vessels that are in the area about the loss,” the emergency services said.
Now the authorities of Canada, Bermuda, and the Azores are also involved in the search for an elderly couple.