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19/05/2015
RNLI Launches Search For Missing Ferry Passenger
Bangor Coastguard and Donaghadee Lifeboat have launched a search after receiving a report of a missing person from an overnight ferry.
The ferry was travelling from Birkenhead in Liverpool to Belfast.
The RNLI received a call at 8.40am after the ferry arrived.
Crews were launched at 8.54am.
RNLI lifeboats are searching along the Co Down coast out to the Irish Sea and Belfast Lough.
(LM/CD)
The ferry was travelling from Birkenhead in Liverpool to Belfast.
The RNLI received a call at 8.40am after the ferry arrived.
Crews were launched at 8.54am.
RNLI lifeboats are searching along the Co Down coast out to the Irish Sea and Belfast Lough.
(LM/CD)
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