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03/08/2007
One Missing After Boat Capsizes Lough Carnan
One person is missing following reports that a boat carrying 13 children and an instructor capsized on a loch in the Western Isles.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) confirmed a search and rescue operation was taking place after the incident on Lough Carnan on South Uist.
Twelve of the children have been accounted for, according to local reports.
Stornoway Coastguard helicopter, Northern Constabulary officers, Barra lifeboat and coastguard officers from Benbecula and Lochboisdale are all involved in the search attempts.
A Royal National Lifeboat Institution spokeswoman said a female, whose age is unknown is missing: “The Barra lifeboat was launched to go to Loch Carnan. We were launched to go and search for a missing person who is female."
She confirmed that the others in the party were ashore.
Loch Carnan is a sea loch on the island of South Uist, in the Western Isles.
(JM/SP)
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) confirmed a search and rescue operation was taking place after the incident on Lough Carnan on South Uist.
Twelve of the children have been accounted for, according to local reports.
Stornoway Coastguard helicopter, Northern Constabulary officers, Barra lifeboat and coastguard officers from Benbecula and Lochboisdale are all involved in the search attempts.
A Royal National Lifeboat Institution spokeswoman said a female, whose age is unknown is missing: “The Barra lifeboat was launched to go to Loch Carnan. We were launched to go and search for a missing person who is female."
She confirmed that the others in the party were ashore.
Loch Carnan is a sea loch on the island of South Uist, in the Western Isles.
(JM/SP)
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