Article 6PE88 Six feared dead and 14 rescued after fishing boat sinks off Falkland Islands

Six feared dead and 14 rescued after fishing boat sinks off Falkland Islands

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Leyland Cecco in Toronto
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Seven still missing as emergency teams scour south Atlantic after vessel experienced uncontrolled flooding'

Fourteen fishermen stranded in lifeboats off the coast of the Falkland Islands have been saved in a dramatic rescue operation, but seven people remain missing and six others are believed dead.

Late on Tuesday, emergency teams were still scouring the choppy waters of the south Atlantic for survivors after the Argos Georgia, a Saint Helena-flagged fishing vessel experienced uncontrolled flooding" on Monday evening.

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