The US Coast Guard has suspended the search for missing crewmembers from the fishing vessel Lily Jean after extensive search efforts off the coast of Massachusetts produced no further results.
The decision was taken on Saturday morning after Coast Guard crews searched continuously for more than 24 hours.
The 72-foot commercial fishing vessel was reported to have seven people on board when an emergency position-indicating radio beacon was activated early on Friday morning, about 25 miles off Cape Ann.
During the operation, Coast Guard air and surface crews found a debris field near the beacon’s reported location.
One unresponsive individual was recovered from the water, and the vessel’s life raft was located deployed but empty. No additional crewmembers were found.
The Coast Guard said search teams carried out coordinated search patterns based on weather conditions, sea state and available evidence.
The operation covered around 1,047 square miles and involved several aircraft, cutters
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