The Seacor Power, an oil industry vessel, flipped over Tuesday in rough seas
It left Port Fourchon in Louisiana bound for an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico
Four people are confirmed dead, six were rescued and nine remain missing
On Sunday Talos, owner of the oil platform, said decision to sail was not theirs
They said Houston-based Seacor Marine decided to launch the Seacor Power
U.S. Coast Guard via AP
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) Divers searching the site of a capsized lift boat off Louisiana recovered two more unresponsive crewmembers late Friday, the Coast Guard said after another day of frantic waiting by family members worried for the fate of those who went missing earlier this week.
Petty Officer Jonathan Lally, a Coast Guard spokesman, declined to elaborate on the latest two found and referred questions from The Associated Press to a local coroner. A Coast Guard statement said commercial divers on the capsized Seacor Power lift boat found the crewmembers. But the Coast Guard said it was not releasing the names of any of those rescued, recovered or still missing out of respect for the privacy of their families.
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Search ends for Seacor Power crew
Lift boat capsized off Louisiana coast last week
0 122 1 minute read The Coast Guard has suspended the search for eight Seacor Power crew members presumed dead. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)
The Coast Guard announced Monday it was ending the search for eight crew members still missing from the Seacor Power.
“We’ve had to make the difficult decision to suspend the search-and-rescue efforts at sunset today,” Capt. Will Watson, commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, said during a media briefing.
The lift boat capsized last Tuesday 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.
“Of the 19 passengers and crew, six have been rescued and brought safely to shore. Five unfortunately have been recovered deceased and eight persons remain missing,” Watson said.
AP
CUT OFF, La. U.S. Coast Guard says the search for crew members who disappeared when a lift boat capsized off Louisiana will be suspended at sunset Monday. Capt. Will Watson, commander of the Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, said at a press conference that authorities do not expect to find more survivors from the vessel.
The grim news comes after days of searching for the missing workers from the oil industry lift boat Seacor Power, which capsized Tuesday during a fierce storm in the Gulf of Mexico south of Port Fourchon. Six of the 19 workers on the boat were rescued within hours of the wreck; five more bodies were found in the water. Eight remain missing.