The U.S. Coast Guard rescued at least 40 people and recovered two bodies after a makeshift vessel capsized about 10 miles off Mona Island on Monday, MarineLink Maritime News reported on 28 September 2026.
U.S. Coast Guard crews responded following a report that the makeshift vessel had overturned and carried out the recovery and rescue operations at sea, MarineLink said, with the agency confirming that two people were recovered deceased and at least 40 survivors taken from the water.
The incident occurred roughly 10 miles from Mona Island, according to the published account, and the description used by the report characterised the stricken craft as a makeshift vessel rather than a registered commercial ship.
MarineLink's summary also referenced a motor vessel named Tripiti, though the report did not elaborate further on the role or involvement of that vessel in the events off Mona Island.
Rescue operation and response
U.S. Coast Guard crews led the immediate response to the capsizing, conducting at-sea rescues and recoveries; MarineLink recorded the number of survivors as at least 40 and confirmed two fatalities recovered from the water.
The report noted that rescue efforts were still ongoing at the time of publication, indicating that Coast Guard teams and any assisting units remained engaged in the search and recovery phase.
Casualties and continuing work
Two people were recovered deceased during the operation, a fact recorded in the MarineLink dispatch on 28 September 2026, while a larger group of survivors was removed from the water and taken under the care of responding crews.
MarineLink's item made clear the scale of the immediate humanitarian response without providing further detail on the identities of those rescued or the deceased, or on the subsequent destinations to which survivors were conveyed.
The U.S. Coast Guard's actions off Mona Island on Monday form the core of the published account, which was headlined by MarineLink as a multi-person rescue and recovery following a capsizing incident approximately 10 miles offshore.
MarineLink Maritime News carried the report and its summary on 28 September 2026, recording the key facts of the event: a capsized makeshift vessel, at least 40 people rescued, and two people recovered deceased, with rescue operations still under way.
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