Brit woman, 39, vanishes at sea after hiring 15ft boat on paradise island Formentera as police launch major search
A MAJOR search is underway in Spain for a Brit woman who vanished after hiring a boat on the island of Formentera.
The alarm was raised on Wednesday evening when she failed to return a motor boat she hired earlier that day.
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Spanish coastguard officers used a search and rescue helicopter in the operation along with two coastguard vessels.
One was mobilised from Ibiza, while the other combed the coastline off Formentera - the smallest of the inhabited Balearic Islands.
Civil Guard officers are also understood to be conducting a land search.
The search was expected to continue first thing this morning, but officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
The missing Brit is reported to have hired a boat and left for "a quick boat ride" from Formentera port La Salina in on Wednesday afternoon.
The rental firm is understood to have taken part in yesterday's search.
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