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U.S. Coast Guard searches for missing diver 30 miles off Cape Fear coast | Port City Daily
Crews with the U.S. Coast Guard are searching for a diver who went missing 30 miles southeast of the Cape Fear coast after his equipment reportedly malfunctioned.
Watchstanders with Sector North Carolina were notified that a 48-year-old diver from the vessel Atlantis experienced an equipment failure and did not resurface at 10:50 a.m. Thursday, according to a Thursday night notice from the U.S. Coast Guard.
Crews dispatched a crew on a 47-foot life boat crew from Station Oak Island, a 45-foot response boat from Station Wrightsville Beach and a helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth city to search for the man.
The 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Cushing and 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Ibis are also assisting in the search. Anyone with infor