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PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) â Coast Guard boats and aircraft have covered an area larger than the state of Rhode Island to search for 12 people still missing Wednesday off the Louisiana coast after their offshore oilfield vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds.
One worker's body was recovered Wednesday and six people were rescued Tuesday after the Seacor Power overturned Tuesday afternoon in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said.
The search, interrupted by darkness and bad weather, has totaled nearly 40 hours and more than 1,440 square miles (3,730 square kilometers) of Gulf waters by Wednesday afternoon, according to a news release. The hunt for the missing continued into the evening, said Petty Officer Carlos Galarza.
Captain brings boat to safety amid harsh conditions in the Gulf of Mexico
Aaron Callais
and last updated 2021-04-14 21:22:27-04
GRAND ISLE, La. â "We might lose her."
Seconds into a video posted by boat captain Aaron Callais, you can feel the gravity of the storm hitting the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, April 13. This video was taken around the same time that the Seacor Power was capsized, leaving 12 missing and 1 dead. 6 on that ship were rescued. To read that story click here.
Callais, who is from Galliano, says they were about 10-15 miles off the coast of Grand Isle when the wind and waves started thrashing against his boat, Ramblin' Cajun. There were three people on board, all made it to land safely, though the boat has some minor damage.
Winds were reportedly 130-145km/h and seas 2.1-2.7m when the Seacor Power vessel overturned.
The US Coast Guard are searching for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday (local time) after finding one person dead and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds. Coast Guard Captain Will Watson said winds were 130 to 145 km/h and seas were 2.1 to 2.7 metres when the Seacor Power lift vessel overturned. “That’s challenging under any circumstance,” Watson said. “We don’t know the degree to which that contributed to what happened, but we do know those are challenging conditions to be out in the maritime environment.”
12 missing from capsized ship after Coast Guard rescues 6 others off Louisiana coast Published 2 hours ago
A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Respone Boat-Medium boatcrew heads toward a capsized 175-foot commercial lift boat on Tuesday, searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. The Coast Guard and multiple other boats rescued six people onboard a commercial lift boat that capsized off the coast of Louisiana on Tuesday night and were searching for more, the agency said. (U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris via AP)
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Print article PORT FOURCHON, La. — The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one person dead and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds.
12 missing from capsized ship after 6 rescued off Louisiana
A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat-Medium heads toward a capsized 175-foot commercial lift boat Tuesday, searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris pulls a person from the water Tuesday, April 13, 2021 after a 175-foot commercial lift boat capsized 8 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. The Coast Guard and multiple other boats rescued six people onboard a commercial lift boat that capsized off the coast of Louisiana on Tuesday night and were searching for more, the agency said. (U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris via AP)
Note: This article has been corrected. PORT FOURCHON, La. — Coast Guard boats and aircraft have covered an area larger than the state of Rhode Island to search for 12 people still missing Wednesday off the Louisiana coast after their offshore oilfield vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds. One worker's body was recovered Wednesday and six people were rescued Tuesday after the Seacor Power overturned Tuesday afternoon in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said. The search, interrupted by darkness and bad weather, has totaled nearly 40 hours and more than 1,440 square miles (3,730 square kilometers) of Gulf waters by Wednesday afternoon, according to a news release. The hunt for the missing continued into the evening, said Petty Officer Carlos Galarza.
Coast Guard boats and aircraft have covered an area larger than the state of Rhode Island to search for 12 people still missing Wednesday off the Louisiana coast after their offshore oilfield vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds.
By STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTIN Updated: April 15, 2021 11:40 AM Created: April 15, 2021 08:15 AM
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) - With 12 people still missing from a capsized oil industry vessel, divers awaited a break in stormy weather Thursday that would allow them to reach the hull and search for survivors.
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally said rescuers don't know whether any of the missing might be caught inside the lift vessel that flipped over Tuesday in hurricane-force winds and high seas off the Louisiana coast.
"There is the potential they are still there, but we don't know," Lally said early Thursday. "We're still searching for 12 people because there are 12 still missing."