An inexperienced, under-resourced UK Coastguard provided with “scant information” from French authorities sent a search-and-rescue vessel to the wrong small boat, resulting in the worst maritime disaster in the Channel for over 30 years, a report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch has found.
At least 27 people are known to have died in the incident on 24 November 2021, with four people still missing, having waited more than 12 hours to be rescued.
