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Lift Boat Disaster: What Happened? What happened to the lift boat off the coast of Grand Isle By Natasha Robin | April 14, 2021 at 4:44 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 7:38 AM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - “They work kind of like a regular vessel, with propellers and shafts, when they’re going underway with their legs jacked up,” says Senior Marine Inspector, Todd Michel. The Seacor Power lift boat left Port Fourchon with a crew of 19, around 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. Their destination was Main Pass, about 25 miles to the east. “We did have some weather reports that would be some challenging w...

By STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one person dead and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds. Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson said winds were 80 to 90 mph (130 to 145 km/h) and seas were 7 to 9 feet (2.1 to (2.7 meters) when the Seacor Power lift vessel overturned. “That’s challenging under any circumstance,” Watson said. “We don’t kno...

Source: PTI Port Fourchon: The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one crew member dead and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial platform vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds. Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson said winds were 80 to 90 mph (130 to 145 km/h) and seas were 7 to 9 feet (2.1 to (2.7 meters) when the Seacor Power overturned. "It's challenging under any circumstance," he said. The bulky vessel with three long legs that can be lowered to the sea floor to make it an offshore platform flipped over Tuesd...

1 dead, 6 rescued, 12 still missing from capsized ship The Detroit News Port Fourchon, La. – The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one crew member dead and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial platform vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds. Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson said winds were 80 to 90 mph (130 to 145 km/h) and seas were 7 to 9 feet (2.1 to (2.7 meters) when the Seacor Power overturned. “It’s challenging under any circumstance,” he said. The bulky vessel with three long legs that can be l...

One Found Dead From Capsized Boat Off Louisiana Coast; Weather Challenges Search for Survivors The Weather Channel 2 days ago Jan Wesner Childs here for the latest developments. Weather could continue to challenge searchers looking for survivors from a boat that capsized in rough conditions off the coast of southern Louisiana. “We do expect some challenges with the weather but we are going to search as long as we can reasonably and safely search," U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson, commander of USCG Sector New Orleans, told The Weather Channel. Thunderstorms and seas of ...