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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 said. The search, interrupted by darkness and bad weather, has totalled nearly 40 hours and more than...

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 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 th...

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 since their ship capsized in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard divers hoped a break in stormy weather Th...

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 and JEFF MARTIN PORT FOURCHON, La. — Coast Guard boats and aircraft have covered an area larger th...