Personal Location Beacon discarded in skip sparks River Dee search

The Flint rescue team began a search from Greenfield to Bagillt whilst counterparts from Wirral concentrated a search in the Neston area. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

RNLI Hoylake Hovercraft joined the search from the Wirral side over to Bagillt. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

The Caernarfon based Coastguard search and rescue helicopter was called in to help, it was first spotted over the river at around 11.20am. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

The crew were able to ‘triangulate’ an area using onboard equipment ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

A spokesman for HM Coastguard Flint said: ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

“Coastguard Helicopter Rescue 936 from Caernarfon was tasked and once on scene were able to triangulate an area using their equipment onboard. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

This lead to further enquires to a local scrap yard with an old vessel on site which was investigated by Flint Coastguard Rescue Officers with nothing found. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

Shortly after Holyhead CGOC (Coastguard Operations Centre) had received further information from a local skip site who confirmed they had found a device in a skip. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

Flint Team proceeded and confirmed this was, in fact, the device in question. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

All units updated and CGOC happy for all units to stand down and return to respective Stations.” ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​