Greek officers are looking for a US vacationer who went lacking after happening a hike alone on the island of Amorgos.
Native officers say Albert Calibet, 59, has been lacking since Tuesday afternoon, when his buddy reported him lacking after he didn’t return from a hike.
A number of businesses are taking part within the seek for Mr Calibet, together with volunteers from the coastguard and groups from the neighbouring islands of Paros and Naxos, based on Greek public broadcaster ERT News.
His disappearance comes days after the British presenter Michael Mosley went lacking on the Greek island of Symi, the place his physique was discovered 4 days later.
The BBC has contacted the US state division for remark.
Officers are looking out each land and water in an space masking nearly 1 / 4 of Amorgos, the island’s Mayor Eleftherios Karaiskos instructed ERT.
They’ve been utilizing a drone to go looking the northern a part of the island and are additionally making an attempt to hint Mr Calibet’s cellphone, he mentioned. Calls to Mr Calibet – who the mayor mentioned had visited the island earlier than – have gone unanswered.
The mayor mentioned the hike on which Mr Calibet had embarked was busy and never difficult, suggesting he might have switched to a tougher route.
Mr Calibet began a four-hour hike at about 7:00 native time (00:00 EDT) on Tuesday within the village of Aegiali, based on native information shops.
The seek for the lacking man comes simply days after officers spent days scouring one other Greek island, Symi, for Dr Mosley, a well-known British TV physician who vanished after setting out on a stroll from a seaside.
His physique was present in a rocky space, and investigators concluded that he died of pure causes the day he went lacking.