May 18, 2013
The Coast Guard said late Wednesday night it suspended the search for a missing man who reportedly fell overboard from a merchant vessel approximately 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
The master of the 478-foot merchant vessel Ice River contacted the Coast Guard via satellite phone at approximately 10:30 a.m. stating a 33-year old male crewmember was missing from the ship.
The Coast Guard says it diverted a crew aboard an HC-130 Hercules from Air Station Elizabeth City which was conducting training in the vicinity to search for the missing crewmember. A second Hercules crew took off from the air station at approximately 1:30 p.m. to join the search.
Two Navy E-2 Hawkeye crews from Squadron VAW 124 were also diverted to help in the search.
The Coast Guard and Navy searched approximately 4,430 square miles for more than 10 hours.
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The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing cargo ship crewmember off Cape Hatteras.
A 33-year-old crewmember from the Ice River reportedly fell overboard some 50 miles east of the cape.
The Coast Guard says the 478-foot ship contacted them this morning around 10:30 a.m. to report the accident.
Two Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplanes from Elizabeth City, along with a Navy E-2 Hawkeye crew, as well as the Ice River's crew are taking part in the search.
