"The Coast Guard's marine rescue coordination centre in Malin Head, Co Donegal, received a distress alert from the vessel at around 9am this morning. The alarm was raised for the missing crew member, who was last seen at around 10.30pm last night. When the alert was raised, the vessel was north of Donegal's Tory Island. The Malin Head Coast Guard are coordinating a search for the missing crew person in the sea off the northwest coast between Tory Island and Eagle Island in Co Mayo."
"A search from the air is being conducted by the Coast Guard's Rescue 120F plane, based in Shannon Airport, Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 118, based in Sligo, and the Irish Air Corps plane, CASA 284. "A search is also being co-ordinated at sea by the UK Naval support vessel and 3 RNLI all weather lifeboats based at Ballyglass, Arranmore Island and Lough Swilly," a spokesperson said. "Other vessels of opportunity are also involved in the search.""
Coast Guard's marine rescue coordination centre in Malin Head received a distress alert from a vessel at around 9am after a crew member was reported missing, last seen at about 10.30pm the previous night. The vessel was north of Tory Island when the alarm was raised. Malin Head Coast Guard is coordinating a search for the missing person in the sea between Tory Island and Eagle Island off the northwest coast of Co Mayo. An aerial search involves Coast Guard Rescue 120F (Shannon), Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 118 (Sligo), and the Irish Air Corps CASA 284. A sea search includes a UK Naval support vessel, three RNLI all-weather lifeboats based at Ballyglass, Arranmore Island and Lough Swilly, and other vessels of opportunity.
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