Tuesday 23
June
23.43
Weston Bay, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare
Firefighters
and AF&RS's hovercraft from Weston-super-Mare were called
to assist in the search for two men who went missing after going
for a late night swim.
A land and sea search area covering the whole of Weston Bay was
launched by HM Coastguard in an attempt to find the two men,
believed to be in their 30s.
On board the
hovercraft, three firefighters and a coastguard officer used flares
and highbeam lights to conduct a search of the shore line, while
RNLI lifeboats and a rescue helicopter from RNAS Chivenor conducted
searches further afield.
The search for the
men was halted at low tide, around 3am, and was resumed by HM
Coastguard at 5am.