Full-scale coast search after tourist gets on wrong coach
A FULL-SCALE coastal search was launched on Saturday evenning after a tourist visiting the area got on the wrong coach home.
A rescue helicopter from Culdrose, Looe Lifeboat, two coastguard teams and police were involved in the operation near Looe.
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A woman who had been visiting the area had been reported missing at 5.30pm after failing to meet her coach.
She had not been seen for five hours, since the start of the visit to Looe in the morning.
The search, near Hannafore Point was called off an hour later after it was discovered she had got on the wrong coach back to Exeter.
A coastguard spokesman said the woman's disappearance had raised serious concerns for her safety, but she had been discovered safe and well.
The woman was 52 and from Greenland.
9 Comments
by Dirty Harry, Plymouth
Monday, July 06 2009, 5:15PM
“Another bleddy terrorist!”
by A TAX PAYER, NEAR THE SEA
Monday, July 06 2009, 4:34PM
“SHE SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY FOR THE COST OF THE SERCH THE STUPPED WOMAN”
by Bloody Rotter, In Hell
Monday, July 06 2009, 3:45PM
“What a farce!”
by Fed up 2, Plymouth
Monday, July 06 2009, 9:32AM
“I agree with 'Fed Up by the sea' Another waste of our taxes because the organisers of this trip cannot be trusted with a pen & Clipboard. The organisers of this trip should be fined for wasting emergency services resources, we would be!!!!!!!!”
by Shipmate Ron, Plymouth
Monday, July 06 2009, 8:57AM
“Oh come on you lot, we don't get many eskimo tourists round here, so be a bit more understanding.”
by sy, Plymouth
Monday, July 06 2009, 7:54AM
“looe boy, shut up mate your cornish thats bad enough let alone the smell lol”
by Dan, Liskeard
Sunday, July 05 2009, 5:53PM
“Moral of this story. Don't visit Looe, it smells so bad when the tide is out you will get all dizzy and jump on the wrong bus home!”
by Fed up with wasting my taxes, By the sea
Sunday, July 05 2009, 2:47PM
“Coacjh drivers should take a nominal role of all on board just like a register in the school class. How much is that search cost us the taxpayer? A register could of prevented this.”
by Supermans Friend, The Hoe
Sunday, July 05 2009, 10:18AM
“Wolf - Wolf - Wolf
That would be all of the emergency services in Devon launched then.”