Search for two crew members after tug capsizes
A major search operation has been launched for two crew members of a tug after it overturned off Greenock in the west of Scotland.
Eyewitnesses told BBC Scotland they had seen the tug escorting the Hebridean Princess cruise ship into the harbour at about 15:30 when it was apparently pulled over. "Within 12 minutes the first coastguard vessel came. At that point the boat was still capsized with a hull visible in the water. He said there were a number of boats in the area, as well as a helicopter, but he had not seen anyone being pulled out.A police cordon has been put in place around the harbour
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