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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...

Seacor Marine unit capsized in rough weather off Louisiana on Tuesday 15 April 2021 6:02 GMT Updated  15 April 2021 6:17 GMT in  London One person is dead and the search continues for 12 others after the capsizing of a liftboat in the US Gulf of Mexico earlier this week. Six people were earlier reported rescued after the liftboat — identified in media reports as the Seacor Marine-owned Seacor Power — capsized on Tuesday about eight miles (13 kilometres) south of Port Fourchon...

‘Giving it all we’ve got’: Coast Guard says some of the 12 missing could still be on capsized boat as search continues Doug Delony Replay Video UP NEXT The search continues for 12 people missing after a liftboat, owned by a Houston company, capsized just miles off the Louisiana coast on Tuesday afternoon. The liftboat Seacor Power, owned by Houston-based Seacor Marine, overturned in high seas and hurricane-force winds. ALSO READ:  ALSO READ:  “Whenever we engage, the ...

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...

1 victim IDd, 12 missing: Rescuers search area the size of Hawaii for survivors of capsized boat off Louisiana coast John Bacon and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY One person dead and 12 people missing after a 129-foot commercial boat capsized off Louisiana Replay Video UP NEXT Families and friends clung to hope Thursday afternoon as divers attempted to hunt for 12 people missing from a commercial boat that capsized in roaring winds and heavy seas off Louisiana two days ago, killing on...

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 ...

Divers await a break in stormy weather that will allow them to reach a capsized oil industry vessel and search for survivors.

Weather delays divers from searching for shipwreck survivors By STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTINApril 16, 2021 GMT PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Families anxiously awaited news of the 12 people missing from a capsized oil industry vessel Thursday while stormy weather delayed divers from searching for survivors. Rescuers don’t know whether any of the missing might be caught inside the lift boat called the Seacor Power that flipped over Tuesday in hurricane-force winds and high seas...

One person was killed and 12 other people were still missing after a commercial ship capsized off Louisiana, officials said Wednesday. Nineteen people were on board the ship Seacore Power when it left Port Fourchon on Tuesday, according to a manifest, said Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson III. Six people have been rescued. “Unfortunately, we recovered one individual on the surface of the water deceased, and the search effort continues for the remaining 12,” Coast Guard Capt. Will ...