Date of Incident:
08/10/2026
Station:
NCI Needles
Incident Summary:
HMCG called NCI re. report from MOP of a windsurfer in difficulty. Visual requested. No-one seen, but an unidentified object was spotted in the water. CG updated. ILB tasked but could not find the
object - possibly sunk. NCI and ILB found nothing after an extensive search. Neighbouring NCI station informed.
RNLI:
Yes
Initiated:
MCA/HMCG
MCA:
Yes
Casualty Type:
Visual Search for HMCG
Cause of Incident:
FAWGI