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Fishing crew missing off Kent coast after boat capsizes | Fishing crew missing off Kent coast after boat capsizes |
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A search is continuing for two missing crew members of a fishing boat which capsized in the English Channel. | A search is continuing for two missing crew members of a fishing boat which capsized in the English Channel. |
It overturned off the Kent coast on Tuesday night, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. | It overturned off the Kent coast on Tuesday night, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. |
One person - spotted clinging to the upturned hull of the Belgium-flagged boat - was rescued and flown to hospital by helicopter. | |
Kaimes Beasley, from the Dover Coastguard, said there was "still hope" of finding the missing crew alive. | |
Two helicopters, including one from the Belgian search and rescue service, plus two lifeboats from Ramsgate and Harwich are searching an area from Ramsgate to mid-channel. | |
'Hypothermia risk' | |
Mr Beasley said at this time of year it was possible to survive in the water for up to 15 hours. | |
"We're still not at that point yet, so we will still continue to search," he said. | "We're still not at that point yet, so we will still continue to search," he said. |
Although he could not comment on the condition of the rescued man, he said he may have been on the upturned vessel for "quite some time". | |
"In the southern North Sea, water temperature is about 9.5C and the air temperature less than that. | |
"There is a significant risk in terms of hypothermia," he said. | |