Brit woman missing at sea for four days off hols hotspot island is found ALIVE after being rescued by a passing ferry

THE British woman who went missing after hiring a boat on the paradise island of Formentera on Tuesday has been rescued alive.

A major search operation swung into place on Wednesday evening after the 39-year-old failed to return the 15-foot motor boat to the rental firm at Formentera’s La Savina port as scheduled.

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Today it emerged she had been rescued adrift by a ferry covering the Ibiza to Valencia route.

She is understood to have been transferred to hospital in Valencia to receive medical attention.

Her condition this morning was not immediately clear.

The rescue is said to have occurred around 5pm yesterday.

There has not yet been any official statement from the Civil Guard although they confirmed today the woman had been found alive.

The vessel she had lost her way in, a cream-coloured Quicksilver 475 Axess with a Mercury outboard motor, has been towed to Ibiza by coastguards.

Police divers had been incorporated into the search for her on Thursday after Civil Guard and Spanish coastguards helicopters and boats were mobilised.

Speaking this morning a Civil Guard spokesman said: “The British woman who vanished after hiring a boat in Formentera on Tuesday morning has been found alive.”

It comes after an urgent search was launched for a Brit who went missing on the Costa Blanca.

Cops deployed drones, dogs and helicopters to help with the search.

One local said they noticed a strong police presence build up around the river near Benejuzar.

Janet, who originally comes from Redhill, Surrey, left her home in Jacarilla on the Spanish Costa Blanca at around 7pm while wearing a colourful printed dress.

The Spanish Civil Guard have since released a CCTV image of her being served in a shop just before she vanished.

Janet’s husband said she did not have her mobile phone or any cash with her.