Search continues for boat 'in distress' in Channel as two people still missing
Two of the five crew members on board are still unaccounted for, the coastguard says.
The search for a boat in distress in the English Channel continues, with two crew members still missing, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Rescue efforts, which began on Saturday night, involved a coastguard rescue helicopter, fixed-wing plane, and two RNLI lifeboats searching an area south-west of Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth.
By Sunday morning, three of the five people aboard the boat had been located, but the two missing individuals remain unaccounted for. The search, which involved a significant number of civilian vessels, is ongoing with multiple assets deployed to assist.
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