Moment luxury yacht sinks off the coast of Majorca as five people including one child are dramatically rescued

This is the moment a luxury yacht sunk off the coast of Majorca after five people, including a child, were rushed off the boat in a dramatic rescue operation.

The luxury boat first got into trouble at around 10am local time on Saturday when other nearby ships noticed the yacht, which was moored off the coast of Camp de Mar on the south west of the Balearic Island, had partially sunk.

An emergency alert was issued shortly afterwards and the Spanish coast guard scrambled on its boats to head to the scene - with local police following behind.

Luckily, before emergency services could get there, a private boat was able to pick up the yacht's five passengers- which included a German couple and their son.

Euro Weekly News reports that the passengers were then sent to back to Port Adriano near Magaluf.