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Felixstowe yacht collision: Fears woman is in sunken yacht Felixstowe yacht collision: Fears woman in sunken yacht
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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. A woman missing at sea since a yacht collided with a dredger off the Suffolk coast could be trapped in the sunken wreckage, it is feared.
The yacht collided off Felixstowe at about 13:30 BST, with the woman's husband and a dog rescued from the water. The yacht crashed off Felixstowe at about 13:30 BST on Sunday, with the woman's husband and a dog rescued from the water by the dredger's crew.
Search and rescue teams hoped the woman was wearing a lifejacket and would be found on the "flat calm" sea. Search-and-rescue teams hoped the woman was wearing a lifejacket and would be found on the "flat, calm" sea.
The search is expected to be be extended due to good conditions. Suffolk Police said the yacht was at a depth of 12m (39ft).
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. It is now co-ordinating the search, with a dive team from the fire service due to search for the vessel, the woman and a second dog.
"The plan is to extend the search due to outstanding conditions at sea," he said. The anticipated time-scale for this new search is not yet known, a police spokesman said.
"A lifeboat will stay out and there is the possibility of a dive team going down to the wreck this afternoon." 'Nothing on the surface'
He said the "main possibility" was that she was trapped in the wreckage, with police and Harbour Authority due to take over the operation. By 12:30 on Monday, the woman had been missing for 23 hours - the limit for the survivability of a person in the sea in normal conditions, said Capt Rod Shaw of Harwich Lifeboat.
He said the "main possibility" was that she was trapped in the wreckage, with police and the Harbour Authority taking over the operation.
"There is certainly nothing on the surface," he said."There is certainly nothing on the surface," he said.
"The sea conditions are perfect."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." "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 searched for her 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. Another helicopter and lifeboats from Harwich and Walton had joined the search earlier on Monday.