Desperate search for missing tourist, 20, feared drowned in Tenerife after ‘getting into trouble in sea’ as ‘body spotted’
A walker spotted a 'body' floating in the ocean in the north of the holiday isle
RESCUERS were today desperately searching for missing tourist feared drowned in Tenerife.
Two helicopters, two boats and divers are scouring the coast for a 20-year-old who was reportedly spotted floating in the ocean.
The search was called off last night but resumed at first light today.
Local police, the Civil Guard and Maritime Rescue are all involved in the air-sea rescue operation.
The alarm was raised after a German tourist spotted a man's "body" while walking along the coast yesterday at Taganana, near Mount Teide in the north of the island.
Other witnesses reported someone in trouble in the ocean.
It is not known if the missing man was knocked into the water by a huge wave or was already out swimming when he got into trouble.
The Canary Islands' 112 emergency service described the missing man as "foreign" but did not specify his nationality.
Spanish newspaper Laopinion.es said he was visiting from England, but today the Foreign Office said they did not believe he was a British national.
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The 112 service tweeted last night: "Activated search device of a person who was in trouble at sea on the coast of Taganana, S / C of # TENERIFE. Activated @salvamentogob, the helicopter of the #GES, Civil Guard and @PoliciaLocalSC."
It added this morning: "The search device of the 20-year-old disappeared yesterday on the coast of Anaga, S / C # TENERIFE . Participates @ salvamentogob , GEAS, # GES @ PoliciaLocalSC and Civil Protection."
Tagana is within the Santa Cruz municipality of Tenerife, a popular holiday destination in the Atlantic west of Africa.
More than two million people from the UK visited the Spanish island last year, making up 37 per cent of tourists.
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