(Sao Paulo, Brazil) The SV Concordia, a Canadian sailing ship with 48 students and 16 crew members onboard, sank last Wednesday about 300 miles off the coast of Brazil. The ship was part of the Class Afloat program operated by West Island College International of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
All 64 aboard were rescued but not before spending about 40 hours adrift in the South Atlantic Ocean.
SV Concordia students rescued
Apparently, there was a communications mixup or indecision leading to a tardy response by rescuers. A distress signal was sent about 10 PM local time Wednesday but search aircraft didn't take off until 5 PM Thursday. An investigation is underway.
The three-masted Concordia is said to have capsized from a microburst, a sudden, violent downdraft. It sank in twenty minutes.
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