Search for missing fisherman off Colwyn Bay finishes
A
search and rescue operation carried out near Colwyn Bay, Wales to find a
missing fisherman finished at 10.15 this morning. Despite a major search
involving Coastguard rescue teams, RNLI lifeboats and the Coastguard rescue
helicopter based at Caernarfon, neither the fisherman nor his vessel have been
found.
The
extensive search covering the sea and coastline continued until last light
yesterday and resumed with a shoreline search for several hours this morning. A
life raft belonging to the missing vessel was found yesterday drifting off
Llanddulas.
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Coastguard Controller Graham Clark said, “We have completed extensive searches
both yesterday and this morning, unfortunately the fisherman hasn’t been found.
His family have been informed that the search has finished”.