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09/04/2002
Police divers search wreckage for missing bodies
Divers will carry out further remote camera searches of the wreck of the sunken Tullaghmurry Lass to try to ascertain if bodies are inside.
Divers believe the remains of some of the three members of the Greene family, who went missing on the boat on 14 February, may be inside.
Michael Greene, 54, his son, 32, and eight-year-old grandson, also called Michael, disappeared after they went to sea to fish for prawns.
The wreckage of their boat was found in 42 metres of water, seven miles off Kilkeel harbour on 21 March, after weeks of searches by local fishermen and the Irish and British Navies.
Remote camera searches of the wreck on Monday April 8 led divers to believe bodies may be inside the wreck, as two pieces of wreckage were recovered for forensic examination.
The divers and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch have been examining the wreckage, recording the damage to the boat with specialist underwater video cameras.
However, the team said there would need to be further investigation and more evidence gathered before they could establish the cause of the tragedy.
Neither the police nor the marine investigators have been willing to speculate on suggestions that the boat’s severely damaged stern and wheelhouse indicate it sank after being hit by a much larger vessel.
(AMcE)
Divers believe the remains of some of the three members of the Greene family, who went missing on the boat on 14 February, may be inside.
Michael Greene, 54, his son, 32, and eight-year-old grandson, also called Michael, disappeared after they went to sea to fish for prawns.
The wreckage of their boat was found in 42 metres of water, seven miles off Kilkeel harbour on 21 March, after weeks of searches by local fishermen and the Irish and British Navies.
Remote camera searches of the wreck on Monday April 8 led divers to believe bodies may be inside the wreck, as two pieces of wreckage were recovered for forensic examination.
The divers and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch have been examining the wreckage, recording the damage to the boat with specialist underwater video cameras.
However, the team said there would need to be further investigation and more evidence gathered before they could establish the cause of the tragedy.
Neither the police nor the marine investigators have been willing to speculate on suggestions that the boat’s severely damaged stern and wheelhouse indicate it sank after being hit by a much larger vessel.
(AMcE)
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Weather again hampers search for Greene family
The search for three generations of a County Down family missing at sea has been hampered again by the weather. Despite valiant efforts to locate them, police divers have found no trace of Michael Greene, his son and eight-year-old grandson, also called Michael since they left Kilkeel fishing harbour on February 14.
Weather again hampers search for Greene family
The search for three generations of a County Down family missing at sea has been hampered again by the weather. Despite valiant efforts to locate them, police divers have found no trace of Michael Greene, his son and eight-year-old grandson, also called Michael since they left Kilkeel fishing harbour on February 14.
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Search suspended after divers suffer injuries
The search of a sunken fishing boat for the bodies of three generations of the Greene family lost off the County Down coast has been suspended after a police diver was taken to hospital suffering from the bends.
Search suspended after divers suffer injuries
The search of a sunken fishing boat for the bodies of three generations of the Greene family lost off the County Down coast has been suspended after a police diver was taken to hospital suffering from the bends.
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Boat wreckage found off north Antrim coast
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Boat wreckage found off north Antrim coast
A search operation is underway following the discovery of the wreckage of a boat, around five miles off the north Antrim coast. Two lifeboats, one from Portrush, the other from Islay in Scotland, along with an RAF rescue helicopter from RAF Prestwick, are currently searching the area.
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