dinghy
Coverage of dinghy in the Nexus archive.
- People-smuggler made £173,000 sending migrants onto dinghy that burst into flames - after piling 173 people onto boat designed to carry just 25
A people-smuggler earned £173,000 by transporting 173 migrants onto a dinghy designed for 25 people, which later caught fire. The incident highlights the dangers of overcrowded migrant boats used in smuggling operations.
- Lynette Hooker may have returned to sailboat before disappearance, source says
Investigators are considering the possibility that Lynette Hooker, a Michigan woman missing in the Bahamas, may have returned to her sailboat before her disappearance. This challenges the claim by her husband that she fell overboard from a dinghy.
- Chinese dissident who fled by dinghy to South Korea arrives in Canada, his friend says
A Chinese political dissident who fled to South Korea last month in a dinghy has arrived in Canada, according to his friend.
- US Coast Guard seizes dinghy Lynette Hooker vanished from on mysterious Bahamas trip
The US Coast Guard seized the dinghy that Lynette Hooker was riding when she disappeared in the Bahamas two months ago. Investigators are using cadaver dogs and divers to search the area, with her husband Brian Hooker under scrutiny.
- USCG can send divers to Bahamas to search for Lynette Hooker, source says
The US Coast Guard (USCG) may deploy divers to the Bahamas to search for Lynette Hooker, who was reported missing by her husband in early April after the couple allegedly went for a nighttime ride on a dinghy.
- Husband of wife missing in the Bahamas says he thinks she's still alive
Brian Hooker, husband of missing wife Lynette Hooker, claims she is still alive after falling from their dinghy during a nighttime boat ride in the Bahamas over a week ago. Hooker was released from police questioning following the incident.