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One crew member dies after fishing boat
capsizes off Kent coast
One of two people pulled from the Channel after boat overturned dies in hospital while one person is
still missing
One crew member was airlifted by the coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Lydd.
Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
One crew member has died after a fishing vessel carrying three people capsized in the middle of the
Channel, with one person still missing a day later.
A Belgian-registered boat got into trouble off the Kent coast on Tuesday night, and two of the crew
were rescued by a coastguard helicopter based at Lydd.
One of those rescued was taken from the water but later died in hospital; the other had been winched
to safety from the stricken boat.
The search for the third crew member was called off at about 4.30pm beause of the failing light. The
lifeboats have returned to their stations, and it remains unclear whether the search will continue on
Thursday.
The incident came to light earlier in the day, when the first person rescued was found clinging to the
hull of the overturned boat by a passing vessel at about 7.45am – nine hours after the boat capsized
off the Kent coast at about 11pm. The man was airlifted and taken to the William Harvey hospital at
Ashford.
Coastguards carried out a search for the crew members, and a spokeswoman for the Maritime and
Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the search area extended from Ramsgate to the mid-Channel area.
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