Update: Coast Guard calls off search for missing diver off Brunswick County coast

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) –The Coast Guard has called off the search for a diver who went missing off the coast of Brunswick County.

The Coast Guard says around 10:50 a.m. Thursday, it got a call that a diver from the vessel Atlantis reportedly experienced equipment failure and did not resurface.

They dispatched a 47-foot motor life boat from Coast Guard Station Oak Island, a 45-foot response boat-medium from Station Wrightsville Beach and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City to search for the 48-year-old man whose name has not been released. The 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Cushing and 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Ibis are also on the way to assist in the search.

Anyone with information should contact Sector North Carolina at (910) 362-4015.