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10/04/2002
Divers certain bodies on board sunken boat
Divers searching the wreckage of fishing boat the Tullaghmurray Lass have said that they are now certain that the bodies of the three members of the Greene family are on board.
On Wednesday afternoon, police took another part of the sunken Tullaghmurray Lass ashore for examination.
The small fishing vessel sank seven weeks ago off the County Down coast with Michael Greene, his son and eight-year-old grandson, also called Michael Greene all on board.
Divers raised another part of the stern of the boat on Wednesday and confirmed they were certain the bodies were inside the vessel.
Police divers have been filming the wreckage using specialist underwater cameras since they located the boat over two weeks ago.
The Ken Vickers found the missing boat using sonar equipment in 42 metres of water seven miles off Kilkeel on 21 March, after weeks of searches by local fishermen and the Irish and British navies.
Neither the police nor marine accident investigators have been willing to speculate on suggestions that the boat’s severely damaged stern and wheelhouse indicate it sank after being hit by a much larger vessel.
(AMcE)
On Wednesday afternoon, police took another part of the sunken Tullaghmurray Lass ashore for examination.
The small fishing vessel sank seven weeks ago off the County Down coast with Michael Greene, his son and eight-year-old grandson, also called Michael Greene all on board.
Divers raised another part of the stern of the boat on Wednesday and confirmed they were certain the bodies were inside the vessel.
Police divers have been filming the wreckage using specialist underwater cameras since they located the boat over two weeks ago.
The Ken Vickers found the missing boat using sonar equipment in 42 metres of water seven miles off Kilkeel on 21 March, after weeks of searches by local fishermen and the Irish and British navies.
Neither the police nor marine accident investigators have been willing to speculate on suggestions that the boat’s severely damaged stern and wheelhouse indicate it sank after being hit by a much larger vessel.
(AMcE)
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Weather again hampers search for Greene family
The search for three generations of a County Down family missing at sea has been hampered again by the weather. Despite valiant efforts to locate them, police divers have found no trace of Michael Greene, his son and eight-year-old grandson, also called Michael since they left Kilkeel fishing harbour on February 14.
Weather again hampers search for Greene family
The search for three generations of a County Down family missing at sea has been hampered again by the weather. Despite valiant efforts to locate them, police divers have found no trace of Michael Greene, his son and eight-year-old grandson, also called Michael since they left Kilkeel fishing harbour on February 14.
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