NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The U.S. Coast Guard continues looking for whoever may have made multiple false distress calls transmitted over VHF channel 16 coming from the Cape Fear area.
“Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Boat down,” said one person in a hoax distress call. “Boat down. I repeat, can anybody hear me? Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!”
The U.S. Coast Guard has received eight hoax mayday calls like this since late December, traced back to the Leland area…