Search ends for missing crew members from sunken Spanish fishing vessel

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre announced late on Wednesday it was suspending the ‘exhaustive search’ (Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian rescuers called off the search for 12 missing crew members from a Spanish fishing vessel that sank in rough seas off Newfoundland.

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax, Canada, announced late on Wednesday it was suspending the “exhaustive search” by aircraft and vessels that retrieved nine bodies from the water and rescued three survivors found in a lifeboat.