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Search suspended for 5 missing crew of ship that overturned near Northern Marianas during typhoon
Divers recovered one body after the 145-foot Mariana overturned in Typhoon Sinlaku, and the Coast Guard ended its search for five missing crew members.
- On Wednesday, the Coast Guard suspended the search for five missing crew members from the cargo ship Mariana, which overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during Super Typhoon Sinlaku.
- Six people were aboard the 145-foot Mariana when the crew notified the Coast Guard of engine failure as Super Typhoon Sinlaku battered the Pacific island chain.
- Searchers spotted the overturned vessel on April 18 about 40 miles northeast of Pagan, Northern Marianas; divers recovered one body from the ship on April 21.
- Cmdr. Preston Hieb of the Coast Guard Oceania District announced the suspension, saying "we have made the difficult decision to suspend our search" and offering condolences to the Saipan community.
- The Coast Guard reported finding debris including a partially submerged inflatable life raft located about 110 miles from the ship, providing limited evidence of the vessel's final position.
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Search suspended for crew members of US-flagged ship that overturned in typhoon
The search has been suspended for five missing crew members of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon, authorities said Wednesday. Six people were aboard the 145-foot ship, called the Mariana. Divers on April 21 recovered one crew member’s body from the overturned ship. “We are deeply saddened...
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Search suspended for 5 missing crew of ship that overturned near Northern Marianas during typhoon
Authorities say they’ve suspended the search for missing five crew members of a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon. The news was announced Wednesday, two weeks after the six-member crew notified the Coast Guard that the ship had lost its starboard engines a
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