Search for missing man to resume off Waterford coast this morning
The Rescue 117 helicopter. Pic: Peter Grogan
A search for a man reported missing after falling overboard from a yacht in the Irish sea is to resume this morning, Monday, April 21.
A spokesperson for the Irish Coast Guard told waterford-news.ie that the man was reported to have gone overboard from the boat around 16 nautical miles south of Dunmore East, in Co Waterford.
"The Coast Guard Coordination centre in Dublin has suspended an ongoing search for a man overboard from a UK registered yacht," the spokesperson said, shortly before midnight on Sunday night.
"An extensive search of the area south of Dunmore East was conducted by Coast Guard resources from midnight on Saturday," said the spokesperson.
The search team included Coast Guard helicopters R117, R116, a UK Coast Guard fixed wing, Dunmore Lifeboat, Kilmore Quay and Ballycotton Lifeboats.
"The search will resume on Monday morning," said the spokesperson.
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