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| RNLI search for missing River Lune windsurfer | RNLI search for missing River Lune windsurfer |
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| A windsurfer is missing after disappearing in foggy conditions in an estuary in Lancashire | |
| A major search was launched after the man did not return to the shore at Glasson Dock on the River Lune near Lancaster at about 16:30 GMT on Sunday. | |
| Seven RNLI lifeboats, a police helicopter and mountain rescue teams searched the area from Blackpool to Fleetwood until 03:30 GMT on Monday. | Seven RNLI lifeboats, a police helicopter and mountain rescue teams searched the area from Blackpool to Fleetwood until 03:30 GMT on Monday. |
| The operation to find the 62-year-old man is continuing, the RNLI said. | |
| Kevin Jackson, lifeboat operations manager at RNLI Morecambe, said: "We will keep going until we find him. It will be a difficult job." | |
| An RNLI spokeswoman said: "A group of windsurfers called the coastguard to report that one of their group had failed to return to shore and had disappeared in foggy conditions at the mouth of the River Lune. | An RNLI spokeswoman said: "A group of windsurfers called the coastguard to report that one of their group had failed to return to shore and had disappeared in foggy conditions at the mouth of the River Lune. |
| "Due to the state of the tide and the local weather conditions...the search area was expanded to include the Blackpool coastline." |