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Felixstowe yacht collision: Sea search for woman continues Felixstowe yacht collision: Fears woman is in sunken yacht
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A search is continuing for a woman who fell overboard when a yacht was in collision with a dredger off Felixstowe in Suffolk. A woman missing at sea since a yacht crashed with a dredger off the Suffolk coast could be trapped in the sunken wreckage, it is feared.
It is believed the missing woman was wearing a lifejacket and was swept away at about 13:30 BST on Sunday. The yacht collided off Felixstowe at about 13:30 BST, with the woman's husband and a dog rescued from the water.
A man was rescued from the sea after the yacht sank, and was checked over in hospital. Search and rescue teams hoped the woman was wearing a lifejacket and would be found on the "flat calm" sea.
A Coastguard search and rescue helicopter and lifeboats from Harwich and Walton joined the search on Monday. The search is expected to be be extended due to good conditions.
By 12:30 BST, the woman and a second dog had been missing for 23 hours - the limit for the survivability of a person in the sea in normal conditions, said Captain Rod Shaw of Harwich Lifeboat.
"The plan is to extend the search due to outstanding conditions at sea," he said.
"A lifeboat will stay out and there is the possibility of a dive team going down to the wreck this afternoon."
He said the "main possibility" was that she was trapped in the wreckage, with police and Harbour Authority due to take over the operation.
"There is certainly nothing on the surface," he said.
"The sea conditions are perfect.
"We've been picking up balloons and tin cans and debris at sea, if there was a person or dog at sea we would've found them."
A search-and-rescue helicopter from Wattisham in Suffolk and two Harwich lifeboats had searched on Sunday, with a Coastguard team scouring the shoreline.A search-and-rescue helicopter from Wattisham in Suffolk and two Harwich lifeboats had searched on Sunday, with a Coastguard team scouring the shoreline.
A search and rescue helicopter and lifeboats from Harwich and Walton had joined the search on Monday morning.