Qld: Trawler and kayak searches called off

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2009
Qld: Trawler and kayak searches called off

Two searches for three men missing at sea in two separate incidents have been called off.

Two deckhands are still missing after their fishing boat sank in the Torres Strait
yesterday morning .. seven nautical miles east of Darnley Island.

The 42-year-old skipper survived.

Pieces of debris believed to belong to the boat have been detected .. but police are
deciding whether they'll work to recover the vessel and the bodies.

Meanwhile .. the search for a 30-year-old man missing in waters off Central Queensland
has also been called off.

The trawler skipper went missing on Wednesday afternoon .. after going for a paddle
with a crewman in a kayak near Cole Reef about 60 nautical miles from Mackay.

They were swamped just 100 metres from the trawler .. the crewman managed to swim to
the boat but the 30-year-old skipper didn't make it back.

AAP RTV ahe/ka

KEYWORD: DARNLEY (BRISBANE)

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