A massive search-and-rescue operation is under way after a fishing trawler sunk off the coast of Hout Bay.
Eleven fishermen are missing at sea after their trawler sunk on the Atlantic Seaboard on Friday afternoon, 17 May. Picture: Supplied/ NSRI
According to the National Sea Rescue Institute , a mayday call was intercepted on Friday, 17 May at 3.40pm, prompting rescue craft and other fishing vessels on the Atlantic Seaboard to respond. “Despite an extensive air and sea search, there remains no signs of 11 missing fishermen and a search operation is ongoing,” the NSRI said on Saturday.
The sea rescue body stated that the vessel was believed to have sunk, but the cause of the water ingress was unknown.This is the second major human catastrophe to happen this month in the Western Cape.on 6 May claimed 33 lives.More than a thousand rescue, support, and volunteer workers were involved in the rescue operation which lasted 260 hours, with personnel working on a 24-hour basis.
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