The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is suspending its search and rescue efforts for eight people still missing after a Seacor Marine-owned liftboat capsized off Louisiana last week.

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“This does not mean the case is closed,” Capt. Will E. Watson, sector commander in New Orleans, said Monday during a press conference. “At any time, we might receive new information that would compel us to resume the search.”

Nineteen people were aboard Seacor Power when it tumbled over in rough weather in the Gulf of Mexico last Tuesday (April 13). Six people were rescued that day, and five have since been found dead.

Though the USCG’s search was supposed to officially end at sunset Monday, Seacor will continue to manage diving efforts to search the overturned vessel.

Watson said the USCG is...