HUMBER COASTGUARD RESCUE MAN FROM LIFERAFT Humber coastguard received a 999 emergency call this morning at 5:45 from a man, reporting that his 36ft Bavarian yacht had gone up in smoke, and he was in need of assistance and recovery from his life raft. Humber Coastguard Watch Manager Mark Ellis said, “When we spoke to this gentleman, it was clear that he was foreign, but through broken English we were able to instruct him to discharge his personal locator beacon (PLB) which gave us an exact location. However due to the highly visible smoke on scene many vessels were already en route to assist. When the man was located he had his lifejacket on and was on his life raft. The rescue helicopter reached him first and winched him to safety.”
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 07:25:44 +0000
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