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Search for ferry woman called off
12:10pm Saturday 10th July 2010 in
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- By Melanie Adams » Health Reporter
A THREE-HOUR search for a woman believed to have fallen from a ferry was called off last night after no-one was reported missing.
The major air and sea search was launched last night, at 6.40pm, after a woman was spotted in distress on the car-deck of a Red Funnel Ferry.
When the passenger took a second look, the woman was gone and it was feared she had gone overboard, as the Red Eagle approached Cowes Harbour.
The Solent Coastguard, police and independent lifeboats, including Calshot's two RNLI lifeboats, were all dispatched within minutes for the painstaking search of the waters surrounding Cowes but nothing was found.
The search was called-off at 9.30pm. It was the longest time the RNLI lifeboat had spent on a shout this year.
Although the number of foot-passengers was down by one on arrival at Cowes, police have not received any reports of a missing person.
A spokesperson from the coastguard said: "There s no evidence of anything untoward and it is not unusual for the number of foot-passengers to be down by one. It is very possible that this woman could have been travelling in a vehicle and those numbers are not recorded.
"No-one actually saw her go overboard but we have to search because there is the assumption that she could have."
Comments(5)
samantha pia
says...
1:01pm Sat 10 Jul 10
How about employing someone that can count past 10 without needing to take their shoes and socks off?
Maybe issue an Abacus to the staff?
Atpost
says...
6:05pm Sat 10 Jul 10
samantha pia wrote:In a mood today?
"it is not unusual for the number of foot-passengers to be down by one. " How about employing someone that can count past 10 without needing to take their shoes and socks off? Maybe issue an Abacus to the staff?
samantha pia
says...
9:45pm Sat 10 Jul 10
Atpost wrote:YEA wanna make something of it? lmao.
samantha pia wrote:In a mood today?
"it is not unusual for the number of foot-passengers to be down by one. " How about employing someone that can count past 10 without needing to take their shoes and socks off? Maybe issue an Abacus to the staff?
Sorry HRT has made me very cynical.
Detritus
says...
8:55pm Sun 11 Jul 10
samantha pia wrote:I can count to 1025 on just my fingers - will that do?
"it is not unusual for the number of foot-passengers to be down by one. "
How about employing someone that can count past 10 without needing to take their shoes and socks off?
Maybe issue an Abacus to the staff?
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southy says...
12:35pm Sat 10 Jul 10
passengers traveling in cars are counted going on to the ferry but not going off the ferry. it would not of hurt to double check and counted all passengers off, on foot and in cars, so it might of taken that bit longer to discharge the ship, but it could of saved the lifeboat guys and others involved hours of searching or would of known if there was a person missing.