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Only a small portion of the overturned Seacor Power remained visible above Wednesday's 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 survivors could be found.The Seacor Power is a 265-class liftboat, a staple of the offshore service fleet ...

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 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 W...

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 Louisiana's 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 recovered deceased on the surface of the water." Speaking to Newsweek, a spokesperson for the U.S. ...

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 squa...

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. "We're trying to figure this out as we go," he said. "We're talking to survivors and to the company. We're focusing on the ...