A person on a catamaran traveling through the Strait of Gibraltar near Spain has captured on video another incident of a killer whale damaging a boat.
coast of SpainThe footage, taken in the Strait of Gibraltar, begins with the massive sea mammal swimming underneath a boat. "We lost both rudders," a man then says as the whale swims away with the debris. A splash first is seen as the killer whale travels underneath a boat in the Strait of Gibraltar on June 5.severely damaged a sailboat off the coast of southern Spain in another incident captured on video in May.
The local maritime rescue service said a group of orcas had broken the boat's rudder and pierced the hull, ramming the Mustique while it traveled to Gibraltar. The boat's four-person crew then contacted the Spanish authorities for assistance, a spokesman told Reuters. A rapid-response vessel and a helicopter carrying a bilge pump were deployed to the boat, which was sailing under a British flag. Earlier in May, another boat in the area was completely flooded and left to sink after a similar impact.
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