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Only a small portion of the overturned Seacor Power remained visible above Wednesdays rough waves in the Gulf of Mexico. The 166-foot long vessel is grounded a few miles south of Port Fourchon after capsizing in stormy conditions a day earlier. The U.S. Coast Guard has recovered six crew members and the body of a seventh. It continues to search for 12 others missing. Capt. Will Watson, USCG commander for the New Orleans sector, said Wednesday morning he remained "hopeful" that more survivo...

PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — 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 darkness and bad weather, has tot...

Seacor Power Update As 12 Missing From Capsized Boat off Louisiana Coast On 4/15/21 at 10:39 AM EDT The search continues for 12 people who have been missing since Seacor Power, a commercial vessel used to service oil rigs, capsized Tuesday amid hurricane force winds off Louisianas Port Fourchon. One person was found dead on Wednesday and six people have been rescued so far. Capt. Will Watson, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, said late Wednesday: "Unfortunately one person was r...

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...

One crew member is dead and 12 others remained missing after an oilfield boat capsized Tuesday during a severe thunderstorm in the Gulf of Mexico about 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, the Coast Guard said.   During a news conference Wednesday, Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson said six survivors had been found from the 129-foot capsized liftboat the Seacor Power. It was was yet known why the vessel was out on the water during the severe weather, Watson told reporters. "Were trying to figure ...

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...

Searchers, families hope to find 12 missing people in boat capsized in Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana John Bacon, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Boats and aircraft have been combing a swath of the Gulf of Mexico the size of Rhode Island since the boat rolled and flipped Tuesday afternoon south of Port Fourchon, a base for the U.S. oil and gas industry. Part of the boat remained above the surface Thursday. “A vessel that is capsized with the potential of people trapped inside, ...

The USCGG announced Wednesday that it had recovered one unresponsive person and that it was continuing to search for 12 missing people from a capsized commercial lift vessel south of Port Fourchon. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced Wednesday that it had recovered one unresponsive person and that it was continuing to search for 12 missing people from a capsized commercial lift vessel eight miles south of Port Fourchon. Rescue crews have so far searched more than 1,440 square miles during a c...

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...

A body was found Wednesday as the search continued for 12 people missing after a 129-foot commercial boat capsized in angry seas off Louisiana. Good Samaritan boaters joined Coast Guard vessels and a helicopter searching the Gulf of Mexico, one day after six people were rescued Tuesday from the Seacor Power south of Grand Isle. Winds were whipping at up to 90 mph when the vessel overturned amid waves reaching 9 feet, Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson said Wednesday. "We are hopeful of findin...