Canary Islands: Shipping vessel mistaken for a plane crash

Local media has reported on a plane crash off the Spanish islands of Gran Canaria, after the emergency services mistaken a tug ship for a plane.

This was the first report Reuters sent after the local emergency services were alerted about the “false plane crash”:

And here is the update:

Actually… This is the ship as caught on photographer Javi Celard’s camera:

 

Photo: BBC / http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26774885