Shark spotted in hotspot

ACCORDING to recent reports a shark has been spotted in Spanish waters. This re port comes not long after an other one was spotted in Ali cante.

The sea­going predator be lieved to be a tintorera or blue shark was spotted early on Thursday, June 15 in the port of Ciutadella, in Menorca according to a news source.

Video footage emerged of what was thought to be a blue shark swimming among the boats and almost reaching the coast, images which thanks to social media went viral.

There was much excitement in Ciutadella as the only topic of conversation seemed to be about this rare shark sighting so close to land.

According to eyewitnesses, it is believed that the huge fish may have been injured or sick, as this particular species of shark does not usually swim almost to the coast and in such shallow waters.

The blue shark is not considered a serious threat to

One man posted footage of the shark accompanied with the message: ‘The security measures have already been installed so that people do not jump into the port of Ciutadella for Saint John’s Day.’

This latest sighting comes hours after a large shark was seen off the beach at Aguamarina Beach in Alicante, again this was believed to be a blue shark approximately two metres long.

AENA airports have recorded more than 25.4 million passengers in May which is up by 14.4 per cent from last year.

This figure is 3.4 per cent higher than in 2019.

At airports throughout the network, 215,257 aircraft movements were recorded and 87,583 tonnes of cargo were transported.

In the first five months of the year, Aena handled almost 103 million passengers, 27.7 per cent more than in 2022 and 2.3 per cent more than in 2019.

May is the fifth consecutive month in which they have surpassed the figures of four years ago.

Of the total travellers recorded in May, 25,417,978 were commercial passengers.