Text 5. Hunt for man overboard called off
22 April, 2005
The search for a man believed to be lost overboard near the mouth of the Humber has been called off.
The Humber Coastguard launched the search after the Master of a Danish registered ship reported an engineer missing on Thursday afternoon.
Three lifeboats, an RAF helicopter and coastguard teams were involved in the hunt for the 45-year-old Danish man.
But the search was called off at nightfall and was not expected to resume on Friday morning.
The vessel, the Tor Britannia, was making its way from Denmark to the Port of Humber when the man was reported missing.
A search of the ship failed to uncover him and the coastguard was called to organise a sea search.
Withernsea and Easington Coastguard Rescue teams, Humber and Cleethorpes lifeboats and Humber and Cleethorpes independent rescue craft are all involved in the search.
Coastguard teams also combed the shoreline on Thursday but found no trace of the man.
Text 6. Sea sighting as crewman lost
Monday, 21 January, 2002
Rescuers looking for a man lost overboard from a fishing boat say they may have seen storm clothing in the English Channel.
The man went missing at 0330 GMT on Monday from a French fishing vessel Cotealbatre. He was not wearing a lifejacket when he went overboard, 45 miles south-east of Plymouth.
A spotter plane from the Channel Islands joined the search in near-gale conditions. Lifeboat crews from Devon decided to remain at sea in the hope of another sighting.
The spotter plane flew to shore to refuel but then returned to search zone. They thought they saw something in the water that looked like oilskins, which is what the fisherman was wearing. They would need a lifeboat on the scene to pick up the casualty.
The lifeboats were out from four o'clock in the morning.
A Royal Navy helicopter joined the search
Rescue helicopters were launched from RNAS Culdrose and RAF Chivenor. Both withdrew from the operation during the day.
Three French fishing vessels continued carrying out search sweeps throughout Monday after answering a distress call.
The missing crewman was 25 years old.
A coastguard spokesman said chances of survival were minimal after four or five hours in the sea.
Text 7. Lawsuit charges Norwegian Cruise Line negligence in collision
August 27, 1999
A lawsuit reported Friday accuses Norwegian Cruise Line Limited of negligence in the recent collision of one of its ships with a cargo ship.
The Norwegian Dream, carrying 1,700 passengers and hundreds of crew members, collided with the Ever Decent, a 52,000-ton cargo ship, in the English Channel on Tuesday, the final day of the passenger liner's 12-day voyage.
The bow of the cruise ship was smashed and some containers from the cargo ship fell onto its deck. No serious injuries were reported. A fire broke out among flammable containers aboard the cargo ship.
The suit claims passengers suffered "physical injuries, pain, shock, fear, emotional distress and a variety of other physically manifested injuries" as a result of the collision.
It also accuses Norwegian Cruise Line of failing to operate "in a safe and reasonable manner under the circumstances of the English Channel" as well as "failing to employ reasonably competent and properly skilled officers and crew to safely navigate and operate the Norwegian Dream".
Norwegian Cruise Line would not comment on the suit and said the company is still investigating the cause of the accident.
The cruise began in Dover, England, went on to St. Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; Copenhagen, Denmark; and other destinations before returning to Dover.