Rescue underway of 37 people on sinking yacht
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A rescue operation to save 37 people on a sinking yacht off Australia's northeast coast on Tuesday involved helicopters winching people to safety and passengers climbing tether ropes to reach a nearby island.
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Four people on board a fishing boat that took on water near Tiree are rescued by helicopter.
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Coast Guard crews rescued six people after their $1.2 million sailboat sank off the Florida coast, all captured by television helicopter cameras showing the vessel disappear under the waves.
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At least 38 African migrants are rescued after their boat capsized when a journalist with them phoned for help.
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Rescue helicopters airlift 37 passengers from stranded yacht Romance off the north-east coast of Australia
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Rescuers found 13 bodies and at least four people suffering from severe hypothermia in a boat that was towed to this island in Spain's Canary archipelago, emergency services officials said.
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A tugboat which sank last month claiming the lives of three crewmen is being transported to a dock.
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A couple are in good health after being rescued from their yacht found drifting in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Forty-three people are rescued in the Indian Ocean after a ship carrying 76 people sinks near Madagascar.
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MADRID -- Spanish rescue services were searching the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands yesterday for about 50 African migrants who were feared to have drowned after their rickety boat capsized during a dramatic attempt to save them in rough seas.
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About 150 people were ready to begin cleaning up an oil spill threatening endangered animals on Sunday, four days after a ship broke apart and six people died in a helicopter rescue attempt.
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The three-man crew of a fishing vessel are rescued off the Pembrokeshire coast, after their boat caught fire.
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A MAJOR rescue effort was under way last night to save the survivors of a second mass whale stranding in Tasmanian waters in 24 hours.
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Cornish coastguards were today involved in a desperate attempt to rescue 59 people cast adrift in an inflatable boat off the coast of Libya after falling victim to a human trafficking operation.
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Detectives examine material from the hull of a ferry after a yacht with three crew disappeared in the English Channel.
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Passengers and crew are being airlifted from a ferry in the Irish Sea after sailing into bad weather.
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Fire crews in Powys use a boat to rescue those stranded, as flooding causes yet more disruption.