Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Crew Members of Massachusetts Commercial Fishing Boat After Exhaustive 24-Hour Search
The US Coast Guard issued an update on Saturday after calling off the search for missing crew members off the coast of Massachusetts. They were on the commercial fishing boat Lily Jean.
An emergency beacon was activated on Friday morning from the fishing boat. The location was about 25 miles out from Cape Ann. Reports indicate there were seven people that were on board.
As the Coast Guard was searching the area, they located significant debris where the beacon was activated and found one crew member in the water who did not survive. They also found the inflated life raft which had no one on it.
BOSTON — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Saturday morning for the missing crewmembers from the fishing vessel Lily Jean after search efforts yielded no additional results.
Coast Guard crews have searched continuously since receiving an emergency position-indicating radio beacon activation Friday morning from the 72-foot fishing vessel, approximately 25 miles off the coast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Seven people were reported to be aboard the vessel.
During the search, Coast Guard air and surface crews located a debris field near the beacon’s reported position, recovered one unresponsive individual from the water, and located the vessel’s life raft, which was deployed but unoccupied.
“Coast Guard crews conducted coordinated search patterns based on weather conditions, sea state and available evidence and covered approximately 1,047 square miles over 24 hours using multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats.” US Coast Guard News Reported.
There is an ongoing investigation as to what happened to the fishing boat. The Coast Guard Northeast District is in charge of the investigation.
CBS Boston Reported the story when it broke on Friday.
One person is dead and six others are missing after the fishing vessel Lily Jean sank off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts on Friday morning.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the 72-foot boat activated its emergency beacon 25 miles off the coast of Cape Ann Friday at about 6:50 a.m. An extensive search has been underway since then.
A Coast Guard helicopter and boat were launched and found a “debris field” and a body near that area. The water temperature there is about 40 degrees.
Local News Report on NBC 10 Boston.
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