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An inside look at the lifesaving work of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. For over 10 months we let the cameras insid | dHNfVjRYM3RMUFRfM2c

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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 - Mayday relay, mayday relay, mayday relay.
00:08 (dramatic music)
00:11 - Coast Guard rescue.
00:16 - I walked into some mud.
00:17 - Some mud? - I'm okay.
00:19 (dramatic music)
00:22 - We are the investigators of things
00:27 that go wrong on the water,
00:29 where there's been deaths, serious injuries,
00:32 serious damage, serious pollution
00:34 within UK territorial waters.
00:37 We investigate that and where appropriate,
00:40 bring people to court to face justice.
00:43 - The vessel has sunk extremely quickly.
00:50 It had literally gone, vanished.
00:53 (dramatic music)
00:56 (dramatic music)
00:59 - When I get the call, nerves kicking straight away
01:02 because you don't know what incident you're gonna go to.
01:05 (dramatic music)
01:07 - The MCA use a fleet of aircraft.
01:11 We use them to monitor sea areas around the United Kingdom.
01:14 Counter pollution is an arm of the Coast Guard
01:18 of pollution, counter pollution management.
01:20 (dramatic music)
01:24 - We have a set of rules and they must be complied to.
01:27 - This vessel is not seaworthy.
01:29 - We're always planning ahead with an incident
01:34 just in case we have to go to plan B or plan C.
01:39 We're always looking at other options.
01:41 (dramatic music)
01:43 - We're the Coast Guard.
01:52 We're looking after you.
01:53 (whooshing)
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