The search for the missing 60 year old fisherman in Heraklion ended tragically yesterday morning when the body of a man was located and recovered in the sea, near the airport.
The body was recovered by the coast guard from a depth of ten metres and west of the point where the man and his son were fishing when their boat overturned and sunk.
The younger man managed to swim to land and alerted the authorities. A search and rescue operation involving coastguard boats and a helicopter was set up. the body was taken to the coroners office at PAGNI hospital in Heraklion.
