Date of Incident:
29/01/2022
Station:
NCI Torbay
Incident Summary:
NCI had 'Man Overboard' alert on radar. HMCG asked if NCI had visual - negative. CG called vessel, as did AWLB which had been tasked. It transpired that a dive vessel was showing wrong AIS I/d.
Vessel asked to turn off MOB beacon.
RNLI:
Yes
Initiated:
NCI
MCA:
Yes
MCA No.:
002146
Casualty Type:
Visual Search for HMCG
Cause of Incident:
FAWGI