US Coast Guard officials are searching for 39 people who are feared missing after their ship capsized on Saturday night off the Florida coast. Officials were alerted on Tuesday morning after fishermen spotted a man clinging to the hull of a boat 45 miles (72km) from the city of Fort Pierce. The survivor said the group had embarked from Bimini, Bahamas, on Saturday night and hit foul weather. US officials say the boat may have been part of a “human smuggling venture”. According to the survivor, who has not been identified, none of the passengers was wearing a life vest. Migrant tragedy is biggest loss of life in English Channel. The search was being led by the Miami Coast Guard using ships and aircrafts, the agency said on Twitter.(BBC)…[+]
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