Second death confirmed from capsized liftboat offshore Louisiana

Offshore staff

NEW ORLEANS – On Thursday, the US Coast Guard recovered one unresponsive person in the water near the capsized liftboat Seacor Power.

A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted one person in the water at 7:10 p.m. while searching the area.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Daily recovered the unresponsive person and transported him to Coast Guard Station Grand Isle where a coroner pronounced the man deceased.

Search efforts continue for the remaining 11 crew members from the Seacor Power.

Divers returned to the scene on Friday at 7:50 a.m. to conduct an assessment and began dive operations. Divers had to resurface mid-morning due to dangerous weather conditions, but resumed diving around 1:30 p.m. on Friday.

04/16/2021