Geoffa30 Posted August 26, 2018 #1 Share Posted August 26, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45311589 Spotted this on the BBC website. Also saw some posts on a Princess Passenger Group on Facebook. Don’t know if the other two people have been rescued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted August 26, 2018 #2 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Thanks for the link. Just got off the Pacific about 5 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulagirl Posted August 26, 2018 #3 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Yes we did rescue the 3 men yesterday evening. Captain announced around 6:30 that they had seen a flare go off and that we were going to go towards them. At first they started to launch a tender out, but the seas were choppy and the Capt. said we would wait for the Coast Guard helicopter to get there, but that would be another hour. They finally were able to get the men on the ship. It wasn't for quite a while later that we learned there were 5 men on the fishing vessel. The Coast Guard cleared us to leave the area around 9:10 and we headed on to Dover. We could see the helicopters out searching the waters for the other 2 men. It was very sad when we learned about the 2 men that were missing. This was something to witness that I will say I'll never forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted August 26, 2018 #4 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blordos Posted August 26, 2018 #5 Share Posted August 26, 2018 The two missing men are found and sadly they are drowned. The costguard found their bodies near the sunken vessel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon stingray Posted August 26, 2018 #6 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Sad news. I guess they must not have been able to get into the life raft with their collegues but you would think they would have had life jackets. I wonder if smaller vessels don't bother with the regular safety drills we have to go through and sadly this has cost them their lives:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L4605 Posted August 28, 2018 #7 Share Posted August 28, 2018 These boats can go down very fast depending where you are in the vessel you wouldn t have a chance. If it was a collision it could fill with water very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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