Sailing ship sinks, all aboard rescued
RIO DE JANEIRO. February 20. KAZINFORM A Canadian sailing ship filled with high school and college students sank off the coast of Brazil in strong winds, but all 64 aboard were rescued Friday, apparently uninjured, Brazil's Navy said; Kazinform refers to the Arab News.
A distress signal was picked up from the three-mast SV Concordia about 5 p.m. Thursday, the navy said in a statement. Three hours later, an air force plane spotted life rafts floating in the ocean about 500 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
Forty-eight students - in grades 11, 12 and university freshmen - were aboard the vessel, said Kate Knight, head of West Island College International of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, which operates the Class Afloat program; Kazinform cites the Arab News.
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