Tall ship HMS Bounty sinks off N.C. coast; two still missing

• Text Size
• Print
• E-mail
• Reprints

By Ian Shapira, Monday, October 29, 10:58 AM

The Coast Guard is searching for two people off the coast of North Carolina who had been passengers aboard the tall ship HMS Bounty, which lost power Monday in Hurricane Sandy and sank after 14 other passengers were rescued.
The Coast Guard said that a C-130 Hercules aircraft and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter are still scouring the waters for the two missing people who somehow did not get airlifted from their life rafts about 90 miles off Hatteras on the Outer Banks. As of late Monday morning, the Coast Guard had not completed its interviews with the 14 survivors, and had not identified the missing people.

0

Comments

• Weigh In
• Corrections?

Personal Post

The Coast Guard also said it has not determined why the missing people were not among those initially rescued.