3 dead, 2 missing after migrant boat capsizes off Florida

USPA News - At least three suspected migrants died and two others remain missing after a small boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of southeastern Florida, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday. Seven others were rescued by the Dutch Navy.

The incident was first reported at around 12 p.m. local time on Thursday when the U.S. Coast Guard received a report from the Royal Netherlands Navy vessel Zeeland that it had come across a capsized 24-foot (7.3-meter) center console boat in the Atlantic Ocean about 75 miles (120 kilometers) northeast of West Palm Beach, Florida. The crew aboard the Dutch Navy vessel, which was en-route to Key West when it came across the suspected migrant vessel, was able to rescue seven people who were atop of the hull. Three bodies were recovered from within the hull while two other passengers are believed missing. The U.S. Coast Guard said it launched an Lockheed HC-130 aircraft and Coast Guard Cutter Etheridge to find the missing migrants. It was not immediately clear when the boat had capsized or where the migrants were from.