| English Tug Sinks, Three Feared Lost |
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| Thursday, 20 December 2007 10:20 | |||
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A tugboat on the River Clyde in Scotland sank yesterday evening after running aground in thick fog while towing a bulker. Three of the Flying Phantom's four crew members were unaccounted for and presumed dead, as the day-long search for them was called off. Water temperatures were just above freezing, and searchers have acknowledged that there is no possibility that the missing mariners are still alive. Searchers located the tug's wreckage but it was not known if the Flying Phantom would be refloated. A single crew member was pulled from the water by a nearby vessel and was taken to the hospital where he is said to be resting comfortably. The tug was operated by Svitzer UK and had been in a collision with an Egyptian cargo ship in 2000. The cause of the accident is not known. Click Read More for a link to the full story From The Herald: The search for three sailors whose tug capsized in thick fog on the River Clyde was called off tonight with rescuers admitting there is no chance of finding them alive. Emergency services said the survival time of anyone in the icy water had been 'far exceeded'. Skipper Stephen Humphries, 33, from Greenock, engineer Robert Cameron, 65, from Houston, and Eric Blackley, 57, from Gourock, are presumed dead after their boat went down.
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