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Searches have been carried out for a second day for two crew members after a French fishing boat sank in the English Channel, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.
A coastguard rescue helicopter, fixed-wing plane and RNLI lifeboats began searching an area south-west of Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth, Devon, after the crew of the trawler the Maranello made a distress call at 18:00 BST on Saturday.
The intensive multi-agency search continued on Sunday before it was “suspended pending further information”, coastguards said at 20:20 on Sunday.
HM Coastguard said three people rescued from the boat and taken to hospital were “currently travelling back to France”.
The French authorities said the stricken fishing vessel had contacted another trawler, the Stradale, to say it had a problem with its fishing gear.
The Stradale managed to recover three of the five crew members before the Maranello sank, the French naval prefecture for the Atlantic added.
One of the rescued sailors was evacuated by helicopter and treated in hospital in Truro, Cornwall, while the other two were taken to Plymouth for medical attention.
RNLI lifeboat crews from Falmouth and Newlyn in Cornwall, as well as from Plymouth and Salcombe in Devon, have been involved in the operation.
A large number of civilian vessels had also assisted in the “intensive search” for the two remaining crew members, a UK coastguard spokesperson added.
They said a coastguard aircraft “equipped with the latest technology including a multi-function search radar and high resolution cameras” was also involved, and that mayday relay broadcasts had been sent out, “requesting vessels in the area to keep a sharp lookout.”
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Workers in Hungary are sinking two 260-foot barges into the Danube River to raise waters levels. Photo courtesy of Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s Office/X
Aug. 15 (UPI) — Hungarian working crews are sinking two barges into the Danube River in an attempt to raise water levels and stave off an energy crisis, the prime minister said on Saturday.
Water levels of the 1,800-mile river have fallen to record lows amid a months-long drought across Europe.
To raise the waters, crews are sinking two 260-foot barges into the Danube River.
Hungary’s only nuclear power plant, Paks, depends on water from the river to cool down its reactors.
Prime Minister Peter Magyar said current water levels on Saturday were 48 inches lower than usual, and could fall a further 4 inches by Monday.
If it falls that low, he added, the power plant would have to shut down one of its last two functioning turbines.
“Water management experts are continuously monitoring the water level, water velocity, and riverbed condition using a measuring vessel and installed measuring devices,” Magyar said in a statement on X.
The plant is responsible for generating half the electricity needed by the country’s 10 million people.