The US Coast Guard was facing calls last night to return to the doomed British yacht Cheeki Rafiki, to check whether the bodies of any of its four crew members were trapped inside. The coastguard located the boat a week after the vessel went missing.
The life raft of the yacht that was missing for days in the Atlantic has been found secured inside the capsized vessel.
A boat crew from a US Navy warship and a surface swimmer using underwater imagery showed the raft clearly stowed away, indicating it was not deployed for emergency purposes.
Four men were on board the 40ft Cheeki Rafiki when it went missing last Thursday.
Officials said the coastguard still intended to call off the search at midnight (3am British time) unless there is new information or sightings that would suggest the crew is still alive.
With no sign of a life raft or of debris, and with nearly 20,000 square miles having been searched, the hunt continues for another day.
Veteran yachtsman Tony Bullimore tells ITV News that there is a "strong possibility" the yachtsmen are still alive in the life raft.