Six missing after marine rescue in waters of Vancouver airport
Four people were rescued and taken to hospital as crews searched by air and water for six others after the charter boat sank.
- On Sunday, June 28, 2026, search teams rescued four people from the Georgia Strait after a civilian vessel reported "several people in the water without personal flotation devices" near Vancouver International Airport.
- Pedram Mohyeddin, a public affairs officer with the Canadian Armed Forces, said the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria initiated the operation 18 kilometres southwest of Vancouver International Airport.
- Responders deployed a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter and CC-295 Kingfisher aircraft from 19 Wing Comox, alongside the Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft Siyay and Main Lifeboat Station Ganges to search the area.
- Four survivors were transported to the Sea Island Coast Guard Station and transferred to emergency workers, though six people remain missing as the search continues in the Georgia Strait.
- Ferries from BC Ferries and Hullo Ferries diverted from their routes between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland to assist, as the search for the six missing individuals continues.
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Six people missing after weekend boat incident near Richmond
Editor’s Note: Click here for the latest on this story. A search is underway after six people went missing when a charter boat sank off the coast of Richmond on Sunday morning. RCMP says that 10 people were aboard the vessel when it started to take on water near Roberts Bank at around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday. Another civilian vessel reported the incident, and a marine search and rescue operation was launched by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre …
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Six people remain missing after a boat sank in the water near Roberts Bank on Sunday morning. B.C. RCMP said Sunday evening that six people are unaccounted for as of 7:44 p.m., eight hours after a charter vessel began taking on water around 11:45 a.m. The search is ongoing. Police say it’s believed that 10 people were on board the vessel when it began taking on water. It was reported to police by another civilian vessel. A marine search-and-resc…
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