A search in ongoing in the waters off the coast of Cape Breton for one of five people from the FV Tyhawk fishing vessel, a spokesperson for the Join Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax said on Saturday.

The JRCC got a call from the vessel at 5:46 p.m. AT to say it was sinking, JRCC public affairs officer to Lt.-Cmdr. Brian Owens told CBC News. That call was cut short, Owens said.

A CH149 Cormorant Helicopter and a CH130 Hercules Aircraft, along with two Coast Guard ships, were sent to search …