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| Fisherman missing after sea crash | Fisherman missing after sea crash |
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| The captain of a fishing boat is missing in the North Sea after his vessel collided with a cargo ship. | |
| An air and sea search is under way off the east coast of Yorkshire following the accident 28 miles south east of Flamborough Head. | An air and sea search is under way off the east coast of Yorkshire following the accident 28 miles south east of Flamborough Head. |
| A Humber Coastguard spokesman said the fishing boat had been heading back to the port of Bridlington. | A Humber Coastguard spokesman said the fishing boat had been heading back to the port of Bridlington. |
| RAF helicopters and lifeboat crews are scouring the area with the help of other local fishing vessels. | |
| Good visibility | |
| In a statement, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency revealed that at 14.14 BST Falmouth Coastguard picked up a distress alert from a fishing vessel called Flourish. | |
| Humber Coastguard attempted to contact the fishing vessel without success. | |
| Other fishing vessels in the area responded to the coastguard's broadcast to shipping and reported sighting the Flourish 30 minutes earlier. | |
| A few minutes later Humber Coastguard received a call from a vessel called the Nautica reporting they had picked up three of the crew who were safely on board but the skipper was missing after a collision between the two vessels. | |
| Conditions at the scene were light winds with good visibility. | |
| Bridlington RNLI Lifeboat was on its way to the scene to bring the three survivors back to shore. |