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The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a dozen people in waters off the coast of Louisiana after six crew members were pulled from rough seas when their commercial platform vessel capsized. The missing crew were on board the Seacor Power, an oil industry vessel that drops massive legs to the sea floor and becomes an offshore platform. The ship flipped over Tuesday in a microburst of dangerous wind and high seas. The search includes at least four Coast Guard vessels, four private ones, two Coast Guard airplanes and a helicopter.
Coast Guard searches for 12 missing from capsized ship
A source with the port system in Port Fourchon told WGNO that six people were rescued, however, three people had to be left behind, clinging to the partially sunken vessel because weather and water conditions were too rough to retrieve them.
Lafourche Parish-President Archie Chaisson, our source at the port, and the Lafourche Sheriff’s Office have all confirmed that there is a conflict in reports of how many crew were members were on board.
According to the company’s internal manifests, one report says 18 crew members on board, while the other says 19. At this point, there are still 12 to 13 crew members unaccounted for.
A staging area was available to the crew members’ families overnight at the Port Fourchon Fire Station, in Golden Meadow.
Press Conference at 11:00: Commercial boat capsizes in stormy seas south of Grand Isle, 6 of 18 crew members recovered | KAMR - MyHighPlains.com
Coast Guard searches for 12 missing from capsized ship
A source with the port system in Port Fourchon told WGNO that six people were rescued, however, three people had to be left behind, clinging to the partially sunken vessel because weather and water conditions were too rough to retrieve them.
Lafourche Parish-President Archie Chaisson, our source at the port, and the Lafourche Sheriff’s Office have all confirmed that there is a conflict in reports of how many crew were members were on board.
According to the company’s internal manifests, one report says 18 crew members on board, while the other says 19. At this point, there are still 12 to 13 crew members unaccounted for.
A staging area was available to the crew members’ families overnight at the Port Fourchon Fire Station, in Golden Meadow.
Press Conference at 11:00: Commercial boat capsizes in stormy seas south of Grand Isle, 6 of 18 crew members recovered | KAMR - MyHighPlains.com
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