All 4 crew members located after fishing boat capsizes near Halifax, but status unknown
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre responded to emergency beacon on Thursday night
All four crew members of a fishing vessel that capsized near Halifax on Thursday night have been located, according to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, but their condition is not known.
The vessel in question is the 18-metre Fortune Pride, CBC News has confirmed.
On Friday, the JRCC said it responded to an emergency beacon at around 10 p.m. Thursday.
The location of the beacon was approximately 18 kilometres southeast of Sambro, N.S.
Two coast guard vessels, the CCGS Hare Bay and the CCGS Sir William Alexander, were involved in the rescue efforts, in addition to a Cormorant helicopter and a Hercules fixed-wing aircraft, said the JRCC.
In an email sent around 11:40 a.m., the JRCC said the fourth missing person was found on a life-raft Friday morning and was being transported to hospital via a Cormorant helicopter.
The individual was "unfortunately unresponsive" when taken aboard the aircraft, said Lt.-Cmdr. Len Hickey, JRCC senior public affairs officer.
The JRCC previously told CBC News the CCGS Hare Bay had "recovered" three other crew members, two conscious and the third unconscious. They were all taken to hospital.
The Fortune Pride is owned by Chester Basin Seafoods. The company declined to comment on the matter out of respect for the family members of those involved.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Friday it will deploy a team of investigators to investigate the accident.
