{"id":34492,"date":"2026-03-18T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/34492\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:41:12","slug":"five-swiss-return-home-after-seychelles-sinking-two-still-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/34492\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Swiss return home after Seychelles sinking, two still missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fef0dc9c4b86f0e5e15955be1c1b3810468e70b4-91119010.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Seychelles: Swiss shipwreck survivors returned\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                According to information from the National Maritime Safety Authority, the sailing boat Galatea sank off the island of Marie-Louise. The cause of the accident has not yet been clarified.             <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        Five Swiss citizens who survived a boat accident in the Seychelles have returned to Switzerland. A Swiss man and woman are still missing, the Swiss foreign ministry has confirmed.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        March 18, 2026 &#8211; 13:31\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For reasons of data protection and privacy, no further details can be given. However, it is known that two Swiss nationals have been missing since the boat they were on sank off the Seychelles archipelago in the Indian Ocean on March 13. Five others were rescued.<\/p>\n<p>According to information from the National Maritime Safety Authority, the sailing boat Galatea sank off the island of Marie-Louise. The cause of the accident has not yet been clarified. According to media reports, the captain was detained by police.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e05ca67431a8204cff161da8777aa0044cb43b30-91101528.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Two Swiss nationals missing after shipwreck in Seychelles\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Two Swiss missing after boat accident in Seychelles    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Mar 15, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                Two Swiss nationals are missing following the sinking of a boat near the Seychelles archipelago. Five others were rescued.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/two-swiss-nationals-missing-after-shipwreck-in-seychelles\/91101783\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Two Swiss missing after boat accident in Seychelles<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean, is considered a paradise for diving and snorkelling. The island of Marie-Louise is located about 300 kilometres south-west of the main island of Mah\u00e9 and is part of the Amirantes archipelago.<\/p>\n<p>Adapted from Italian by AI\/sb<\/p>\n<p>                How we work\u00a0            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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