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Bangor: Land, sea and air search for woman | Bangor: Land, sea and air search for woman |
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The emergency services are carrying out a land, sea and air search following reports that a woman may have gone missing along the County Down coast. | The emergency services are carrying out a land, sea and air search following reports that a woman may have gone missing along the County Down coast. |
The search began in Bangor on Monday afternoon after police received a report that clothes had been left on a pier and that a person swam out to sea. | The search began in Bangor on Monday afternoon after police received a report that clothes had been left on a pier and that a person swam out to sea. |
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Irish Coast Guard both deployed helicopters to the area. | |
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) launched two lifeboats. | |
A fishery protection vessel also joined the search. | |
The search has been continuing since mid afternoon. | The search has been continuing since mid afternoon. |
Rescue teams have searched the shore by torchlight. |