Search operation launched off Donegal coast after person reported missing from UK naval vessel – The Irish Times

A search operation off the northwest coast is under way for a person last seen at about 10.30pm last night.

At 9am on Saturday morning, the Irish Coast Guard’s Malin Head centre received a distress alert from a UK naval support vessel reporting that a crew member was missing. The vessel was located north of Tory Island off the coast of Donegal when the alert was raised.

Malin Head Coast Guard is co-ordinating the search along the coast between Tory Island and Eagle Island, Co Mayo. A Coast Guard fixed-wing plane and rescue helicopter are conducting a search from the air alongside an Irish Air Corps plane.

A UK naval support vessel and three RNLI all-weather lifeboats are also aiding the search at sea, alongside other vessels. There is no further information available on the missing person’s identity.