Fishermen rescued off Jersey coast after boat hits rocks

Image source, RNLI

Image caption, Four fishermen abandoned ship after their vessel hit rocks off Jersey

Four fishermen were rescued by helicopter after their boat hit rocks on a reef off Jersey's coast.

St Catherine's RNLI lifeboat was launched just before 02:00 GMT on Saturday to Ecrehous reef, six miles (9.6km) north-east of Jersey.

A French fishing boat started taking on water after hitting rocks and the crew abandoned ship to the boat's life raft, the RNLI said.

The four crew members were taken to safety by a French helicopter.

The RNLI crew recovered the life raft and stayed in the area until a salvage operation had started.

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