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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 workers 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...

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 si...

Egypt has impounded a massive cargo vessel that got stuck in the Suez Canal, and has demanded $900 billion in compensation for the blockage. One worker was found dead on the surface of the water, Watson said at a news conference Wednesday. Asked about the missing workers’ prospects, he said, “We are hopeful. We can’t do this work if you’re not optimistic, if you’re not hopeful.” Advertisement Numerous other agencies helped with the search. Marion Cuyler, the fiancee of crane operato...

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.

Weather delays divers from searching for shipwreck survivors Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Lafourche Parish deputies patrol along the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, not far from where a lift boat capsized during a storm on Tuesday, killing one with 12 others still missing, on Elmers Island, La., Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) PORT FOURCHON, La. – Families anxiously awaited news of the 12 people missing from...

Capsized ship off Louisiana: 12 missing, 1 dead, 6 rescued Poll Yes 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 s...

Winds up to 90 mph and waves rising to nine feet are credited with overturning the boat.

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 dont know whether any of the missing might be caught inside the lift vessel tha...

In race against time, divers aim to reach capsized ship in search for survivors By STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTIN The Associated Press,Updated April 15, 2021, 11:03 a.m. Email to a Friend In this photo provided by the Coast Guard, crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris worked to rescue survivors after a 175-foot commercial lift boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico.US Coast Guard PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Racing against time in the search for 12 people missing si...

Coast Guard: 12 Missing, 1 Dead, 6 Rescued from Capsized Ship off Louisiana A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew heads toward a capsized 175-foot commercial lift boat Tuesday, April 13, 2021, searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. (U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris via AP) 15 Apr 2021 The Associated Press | By STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL ...