Major update in search for missing fishermen as boat sinks in Channel
The Coastguard said it had conducted extensive searches (stock)(Image: Getty Images)
TL;DR
- The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has concluded its search for two missing fishermen from a sunken French vessel.
- Extensive searches in the English Channel yielded 'no trace' of the missing crew members.
- The French fishing vessel, The Maranello, sank after reporting issues with its fishing gear.
- Three out of five crew members were rescued by another trawler, The Stradale, before the sinking.
- The decision to end the search was based on the available information and limits of human survivability in the water temperature.