A major rescue operation has taken place
A person has died and 50 have been rescued after a boat sank in the English Channel. French authorities have confirmed the tragedy this morning .
It involves five French ships, one helicopter and two British ships. The rescue operation was launched after the boat sank off the coast of Northern France, according to France's Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea.The RNLI said a lifeboat crew was sent to the Channel at around 4am this morning. A number of people were seen being brought off a lifeboat on stretchers in Dover.
"At this stage, under the coordination of the CROSS Gris Nez, about 50 people were rescued, some of them by British means. Unfortunately, six people were recovered in serious condition and one of them, evacuated by helicopter to the hospital in Calais was declared dead.
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