Yahoo News Coastguard and rescue helicopters called as woman on pleasure vessel goes overboard
A WOMAN going overboard from a pleasure vessel off the Isle of Wight has sparked an emergency callout this afternoon (Thursday).
UPDATE: The woman has been taken to hospital.
HM Coastguard says it is coordinating a response following a report of a woman going overboard south of Ventnor.
The alarm was raised at around 1.45pm.
Two HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopters and a fixed-wing aircraft have been sent.
The RNLI's all-weather lifeboat from Bembridge, and Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat, have also been called to the scene.
Two nearby vessels are supporting.
