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Massive search after witness reports man overboard on Dover-Calais ferry
A massive search took place in the English Channel yesterday after witnesses reported seeing someone go overboard from a P&O ferry.
A helicopter was scrambled and joined four lifeboats, a tug boat and two P&O ferries in the search after the incident was reported in the early hours of Thursday.
A witness said they saw someone go overboard from the Pride of Kent ferry about six miles off the coast of Dover at about 01:30.
The HM Coastguard initially said it was searching for a missing woman but later said all crew and passengers had been ‘accounted for safe and well’ on arrival in Calais.
"Unless any new information comes to light, the search has been stood down," said a spokeswoman for the HM Coastguard.
A spokesman for P&O Ferries confirmed that passengers disembarked at 5.30am.
"French police are interviewing the passenger who raised the alarm," he added.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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