Major hunt for man who fell overboard from passenger ship | UK News
A major search operation is underway after a man was reported to have gone overboard from a passenger ship off the coast of Kent.
HM Coastguard has said it is coordinating the search near Ramsgate after it was alerted at around 8.55am today.
An emergency response, involving the RNLI and Coastguard, was launched on Sunday morning following reports a man had gone overboard.
The individual was on board the German cruiseliner Aida Perla which is making its way from Hamburg to Rotterdam in The Netherlands.
The rescue mission is taking place off of Ramsgate on the east Kent coast.
The RNLI said they’ve sent out two all-weather lifeboats with the Ramsgate crew receiving the call at 8.20am while the Dover crew launched 15 minutes later at 8.35am.
The HM Coastguard said: ‘HM Coastguard is coordinating the search for a man reported overboard from a passenger ship off Ramsgate on 22 October.
‘HM Coastguard was alerted at about 8.55am. The HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter has been sent from Lydd alongside a Coastguard fixed-wing aircraft and the RNLI’s all-weather lifeboats from Ramsgate and Dover.’
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