Fears that another sea swimmer had gone missing led to a search of the Bristol Channel besides Brean Down on Saturday afternoon (June 27th).
An RAF helicopter from Chivenor in Devon, plus two lifeboats from Weston, carried out a search from 1.45pm – but the rescue crews were stood down an hour later when it was decided that the incident had been a false alarm.
An unconfirmed report had been received about the welfare of a swimmer in Weston bay, however a full sea and air search of the bay was carried out and no-one was found to be missing.
It comes just three days after two swimmers went missing in Weston, sparking a huge search operation.
RELATED LINKS:
Coastguard website for Burnham-On-Sea
