One body recovered after lift boat capsizes

The Associated Press is reporting that the body of one of the missing crew members of the Seacor Power lift boat was recovered late Wednesday morning.

The search by the Coast Guard and good Samaritan vessels continues. Six crew members were rescued Tuesday. WDSU in New Orleans quoted a Coast Guard captain as saying 19 crew members were aboard the boat.

The lift boat capsized late Tuesday afternoon eight miles south of Port Fourchon.

Coast Guard watch-standers received an emergency position indicating radio beacon notification at 4:30 p.m. of a distressed 129-foot commercial lift vessel. The watch-standers issued an urgent marine information broadcast, and multiple good Samaritan boat crews responded, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

The crew of the pre-commissioned Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris, a 154-foot fast response cutter, arrived on scene within 30 minutes and rescued one person from the capsized vessel. A 45-foot response boat-medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle rescued another person, and good Samaritan vessels on scene rescued four other people from the water.

Rescue crews searching:
Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris
Coast Guard Cutter Amberjack en route
A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter
Two Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot RB-M
Four good Samaritan vessels
An HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi