7 May 2019

Search for missing Kiribati fishers goes on

2:31 pm on 7 May 2019

A New Zealand Air Force Orion is continuing the search for two fishing boats missing off Kiribati.

The New Zealand Defence Force has deployed a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft to help search for two vessels in Kiribati that failed to return from separate fishing trips last week.

The New Zealand Defence Force has deployed a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft to help search for two vessels in Kiribati that failed to return from separate fishing trips last week. Photo: NZ Defence Force

The vessels went missing during separate fishing trips last week.

One is a six-metre wooden boat with three people on board.

The other, with just one person onboard, is a four-metre canoe.

The Orion flew to Kiribati, and began searching on Monday.