Search Underway off Maine Coast for “Lady Luck” out of Newburyport, MA
The Coast Guard is searching off the Maine coast for the 52 foot boat, “Lady Luck”, that went missing at approximately 2:00 AM this morning.
The 52-foot Lady Luck, based out of Newburyport, Mass., has been missing since about 2 a.m., when the Coast Guard said it received a distress call.
Officials said there were two crew members aboard.
One of the planes located a debris field and an oil sheen in the vicinity.
Weather conditions this time of year in Maine make it difficult at best for rescuers.
The coast guard has deployed a Falcon jet and a helicopter to the scene and two cutters are en route. The helicopter has detected a debris field and oil sheen in the area.
The Canadian coast guard and other fishing vessels are assisting in the search.
The wind is currently at ten knots, with four-foot seas. The water temperature is 40 degrees.
UPDATE I: Search suspended for missing fishing boat
BOSTON – A New Hampshire crewman and his Massachusetts captain are presumed dead after the Coast Guard on Friday suspended its search for a fishing vessel that issued a distress signal early Thursday off the coast of southern Maine.
Wood debris and a distress beacon from the Lady Luck, a 52-foot ground fishing boat missing since Thursday at 2 a.m., were spotted floating off the shoals of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. But as of Friday afternoon, Coast Guard search teams had not found the Newburyport-based boat or its crew, skipper Sean Cone, 24, of North Andover, and Dan Miller, 21, of North Hampton, N.H. (Fosters On-Line)