10 May 2019

Search for missing fishermen in Kiribati suspended

9:43 am on 10 May 2019

The search for two boats missing in Kiribati since last week has been suspended.

Four people are missing after they failed to return from two separate fishing trips.

Three people were aboard a six-metre long wooden boat.

The other was in a four-metre canoe.

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