Two missing after fishing boat sinks in Channel
Three crew members were rescued and taken to hospital as HM Coastguard continued an overnight search for the missing pair.
- Two people remain missing after a French-registered fishing vessel sank in the English Channel yesterday, though rescuers successfully retrieved three survivors from the troubled boat.
- The incident occurred around 6 p.m. yesterday south-west of Eddystone Lighthouse, just off Plymouth, after the Coastguard received a distress report regarding the vessel.
- A Coastguard helicopter, a fixed-wing aircraft, and RNLI lifeboats from Falmouth and Plymouth joined the operation, alongside Local vessels assisting the rescue effort.
- Three survivors were transported to a hospital for further care, while the search for the two unaccounted for individuals continues with multiple assets deployed.
- The MCA confirms an "intensive search" has been under way since the distress call, with multiple assets maintaining operations through the night and continuing today.
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The Maranello, a Breton fishing boat, was shipwrecked on Saturday while it was off for an open sea trip off England.
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The Independent (US)Coastguard suspends search for missing pair after fishing boat sinks
An ‘intensive search’ just off Plymouth has been underway since a distress call was made
A ship with five people on board has sunk off the English coast. Three of them have been rescued, two are still missing.
A trawler sailing nearby was able to "recover three of the five crew members before the Maranello sinks", Saturday off Plymouth. Search operations for the two disappeared were "suspended" Sunday at the end of the dayA French fishing vessel was shipwrecked Saturday late in the day in the English Channel, off the British coast, and two sailors were reported missing, it was learned Sunday from the French Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic. 的Search…
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