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Major search launched in Channel as diver reported missing off Hastings

19:26, 27 July 2024

updated: 14:52, 28 July 2024

A major search operation is underway in the English Channel as a diver has been reported missing.

The Coastguard helicopter from Lydd and Dungeness RNLI's all-weather lifeboat have been called in to help off Hastings in East Sussex.

The Coastguard helicopter from Lydd on Romney Marsh is involved in the search. Stock picture
The Coastguard helicopter from Lydd on Romney Marsh is involved in the search. Stock picture

The alert was raised at 1.25pm, and the helicopter is currently circling over a vessel thought to be linked to the dive a few miles off Hastings.

A spokeswoman for HM Coastguard said: "A search for a missing diver, involving the RNLI, a Coastguard helicopter and a Coastguard fixed wing aircraft, as well as vessels in the area, is currently ongoing off Hastings."

The search was later called off after nothing was found.

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