Two Men Narrowly Escape Capsized Tug in Southampton

Two crew are fortunate to be alive after narrowly escaping a capsized tug simply earlier than it sank Monday night time in sturdy winds and poor visibility close to Southampton, England.

RNLI and the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency report receiving a misery name at about 8:15 p.m. Monday saying {that a} commercical tugboat had capsized on the Fawley marine terminal in Southampton Water.

Volunteer lifeboat crews arrived on seen to search out the tug Asterix overturned on the Fawley refinery and on the verge of sinking. One crewmember managed to flee the vessel and swim to soundly. The tug was towed again to the Fawley jetty as a search of the close by waters obtained underway.

According to RNLI, an emergency responder was watching the capsized tug from the refinery pier when he seen an arm in a small air pocket via the window of the tug. The responder then jumped into the water, broke and extracted the trapped crewmember. The tug sank utterly a short while later.

All three of the lads, together with the 2 crewmembers and the rescuer, had been taken to an area hospital.

The search and rescue operation concerned RNLI volunteers from Calshot, Cowes and Lymington, in addition to the Fawley tug Ibex, Red Funnel’s automotive ferry Red Eagle and the catamaran Red Jet 4.

The MCA reported that the tug remained sunk as of late Monday night time.

Weather on scene remained poor, with sturdy winds and low visibility. No air pollution had been noticed as of Monday night time.