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Missing tug crew search resumes | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Search teams have resumed looking for three men believed dead after a tug sank in thick fog on the River Clyde. | |
Skipper Stephen Humphreys, 33, Robert Cameron, 65, and Eric Blackley, 57, have not been seen since the Flying Phantom capsized on Wednesday night. | Skipper Stephen Humphreys, 33, Robert Cameron, 65, and Eric Blackley, 57, have not been seen since the Flying Phantom capsized on Wednesday night. |
A fourth man, aged 37, was rescued from the water by a passing boat. | |
The tug ran aground while towing a ship and capsized near Clydebank at about 1830 GMT on Wednesday. Recovery efforts have been hampered by poor visibility. | |
The search resumed following a meeting in Clydebank on Friday morning between the various agencies involved in the operation. | |
Coastline searches | |
Rescuers have said there was no chance of finding the missing crew alive after the Flying Phantom ran aground. | |
A Clyde Coastguard spokesman said a Strathclyde Police patrol boat and the council-owned St Mungo vessel had begun scouring the river shortly before 1100 GMT on Friday. | |
Coastguards from Greenock, Helensburgh and Ardrossan were also carrying out coastline searches on foot. | |
The temperature in the river fell to 2.5C and survival time in the water, which has a depth of about 10m, was said to be between two-and-a-half and three hours when the tug capsized. | |
The search has been going on since Wednesday night | The search has been going on since Wednesday night |
On Thursday, Insp Louis Jeffrey, of Strathclyde Police, said the search was now a recovery operation rather than a rescue. | On Thursday, Insp Louis Jeffrey, of Strathclyde Police, said the search was now a recovery operation rather than a rescue. |
Mr Humphreys is from Greenock and Mr Blackley from Gourock, both Inverclyde, while Mr Cameron is from Houston, Renfrewshire. | Mr Humphreys is from Greenock and Mr Blackley from Gourock, both Inverclyde, while Mr Cameron is from Houston, Renfrewshire. |
The section of the river where the tug capsized has been closed to commercial shipping. | The section of the river where the tug capsized has been closed to commercial shipping. |
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has launched an inquiry into the incident. |