Flares fired after RNLI crew fall into water
31/10/2023
Flares were fired as three RNLI crew members, who fell into the water from a lifeboat, were rescued by colleagues.
The incident happened as Blyth RNLI was searching for a missing person at Seaton Sluice, near Whitley Bay, Northumberland, one night in October.
All three crew in the D-class inshore vessel were swept overboard by a wave. They were later rescued by RNLI Blyth’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat crew. The lifeboat was retrieved by the RNLI’s Tynemouth crew.
The stock image is credited to RNLI/Green Sea Photography.
Source: BBC
