Sheppey and Medway Coastguard Rescue Teams, Whitstable RNLI Inshore Lifeboat and an RAF Rescue Helicopter search for a person off Shellness in Sheppey
Published: 08:17, 23 November 2014
Updated: 08:37, 23 November 2014
A large scale operation was launched after reports of a person in difficulty off the coast of Shellness.
Sheppey and Medway Coastguard Rescue Teams, Whitstable RNLI Inshore Lifeboat and RAF Rescue Helicopter R125 carried out a search of the area at around 4.11pm yesterday.
However, nothing untoward was found and the operation was called off at 8.20pm.
The incident was described as a “false alarm with good intent”.
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