Channel: end of search for two fishermen who disappeared after the sinking of the Maranello

The British coast guard stopped their search on Monday August 31 to find two fishermen missing after the sinking of a French trawler in the Channel.

“Despite extensive and intensive searches carried out since Saturday evening, no trace of the two missing fishermen has been found,” announced a spokesperson for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). “Given the information available and the known limits to human survival depending on water temperature, it was decided this morning that the Coast Guard search for the two missing fishermen is now officially over,” he said.

Another trawler was able to rescue three of the five crew members

The trawler Maranello had launched a distress call on Saturday off the English port of Plymouth, citing problems with its fishing gear, the French Atlantic maritime prefecture said. Another trawler nearby was able to rescue three of the five crew members before the Maranello sank, she added.