Thursday, March 1, 2012

Vic: Foam hampers search efforts

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Vic: Foam hampers search efforts

Sea foam is hampering the search for two men who went missing when their boat capsizedoff eastern Victoria last night.

Four people were in the small aluminium boat that flipped near Tamboon, between LakesEntrance and Mallacoota, about 11pm (AEDT).

One man managed to swim ashore and alert emergency services.

The body of a woman aged in her 60s was found on the shoreline early this morning,about 500m from where the boat capsized.

Two other men, aged in their sixties, are still missing.

Two water police vessels and a Heli-med helicopter equipped with an infrared cameraare assisting searchers.

AAP RTV ce/jlw/jmt

KEYWORD: CAPSIZE (MELBOURNE)

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