Overdue fishermen safe

A four metre Maltese fishing boat with two fishermen on board is being towed to shore after having been reported missing yesterday, the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) said.

The AFM said it spent the night searching for the overdue boat following a report last night by a neighbour of one of the fishermen. The neighbour stated that the two fishermen cast off from Marsascala to fish some eight nautical miles offshore.

The AFM’s Operations’ Centre at Luqa Barracks immediately initiated a surface search, which continued well into the early hours of this morning.

Subsequently, the missing boat was found safe. It was spotted by a fisherman who was in the area.

An AFM Air Wing Islander aircraft and a Maritime Squadron patrol boat, that were searching in the same area, have remained in the immediate vicinity and will remain in the area until the two men return home safely.