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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 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...

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, Louisiana. In an update, the US Coast Guard 8th District said late on Wednesday: "The Coast Guard ...

‘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 Coast Guard engages in a search and rescue effort we are hopeful,” Captain Will Watson said. “We...

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...