EL HIERRO, Spain, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Rescue crews on Sunday renewed the search for about 48 migrants missing since their boat capsized near the Spanish island of El Hierro in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.

Rescue crews on Sunday renewed the search for about 48 migrants missing since their boat capsized near the Spanish island of El Hierro in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.

A boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain’s Canary Islands overnight, killing at least nine people and leaving 48 missing, the national maritime rescue

A boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain's Canary islands overnight, killing at least nine people and leaving 48 missing, the national maritime rescue service said on Saturday. Eighty-four people were on board and 27 were rescued after they responded to a distress call received shortly after midnight from off El Hierro,

Hopes of finding any of the 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro are diminishing, authorities said on Sunday, in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.

At least nine people are known to have died in a sinking off the Canary Islands and 48 more are missing, the latest disaster on the perilous Atlantic crossing from West Africa.

The chances of finding any of the 48 missing migrants alive are slim, according to a Canary Islands government spokesperson.

Two more migrant boats have reached the Canary Islands after a deadly sinking over the weekend:::: La Restinga, Spain:: At least nine people died and 48 are missing after the sinking of a migrant boat from West AfricaOne migrant was seen laying on a stretcher while others were taken to a Red Cross tent to receive treatment and assess their health.