Update: Coast Guard suspends search for a man over board

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 01/22/2018 03:43 PM EST

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Update: Coast Guard suspends search for a man over board

 

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard suspended the search for a person in the water approximately 55 nautical miles south east of Fort Morgan, Alabama, Monday.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile suspended the search at 9:45 a.m. after searching approximately 2,830 square nautical miles for approximately 50 hours.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 6:52 a.m., Saturday, from the pleasure craft Mocean Granted, a 41-foot Hattaras, that 40-year-old Matthew Willis was overboard. The man was last seen at approximately 2 a.m., Saturday. 

Involved in the search was:

  • Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry air crews
  • Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter air crews
  • Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island Response Boat-Medium boatcrew
  • Coast Guard Cutter Razorbill
  • Coast Guard Cutter Stingray

 

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