Coastguard and lifeboats search Hartlepool after distress beacon signal
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 18:02 · Archive
A Coastguard helicopter and two RNLI lifeboats searched near Hartlepool after a distress beacon signal was detected.
A Coastguard helicopter and rescue teams from Hartlepool and Seaham, along with two RNLI lifeboats, launched a search on Friday morning after a distress beacon signal was detected near Hartlepool at about 9.40am. The inshore and all-weather lifeboats left at 10am to search an area outside the marina in difficult conditions alongside the Coastguard helicopter from Humberside.
Steve Pounder, lifeboat operations manager at Hartlepool RNLI, said the volunteer crew conducted a thorough search and safely returned to the Ferry Road lifeboat station at 11.30am. The boats were refuelled and made ready for service by 11.55am.
The search was stood down at 11.25am after the beacon was traced to a location on land and believed to have been activated inland.
How it is being reported
- Hartlepool lifeboats called into action during Storm AustenTwo Hartlepool lifeboats were mobilised during Storm Austen to an area just outside the Marina.Hartlepool Mail · 23 Oct, 15:31
- Coastguard helicopter and two lifeboats scramble to Hartlepool as storm moves inCoastguard teams from Hartlepool and Seaham joined two lifeboats in a search near Hartlepool before the alert was traced inland.The Northern Echo · 23 Oct, 14:41
In this story: Hartlepool · Seaham · RNLI · Hartlepool RNLI · Coastguard · Steve Pounder · Humberside
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