Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and the crew of a Boat Forces St. Thomas 33-foot Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement medevac a passenger from the sailing vessel Orion Nov. 29, approximately 18 miles south of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue two fishermen after their 24-foot fishing vessel ran out of fuel and capsized 5 nautical miles south of Desecheo Island. Saturday, 28, 2024.
No injuries were reported.
Coast Guard Sector San Juan watchstanders received an unregistered digital selective calling alert at approximately 1 p.m., Saturday, followed by a phone call from a good Samaritan reporting a disabled vessel off Desecheo Island.
Watchstanders then received a distress call through VHF channel 16 around 4 p.m., from the two men reporting they had activated the digital selective calling alert.
The two men were located aboard their disabled vessel by an Air Station Borinquen Coast Guard Auxiliary airplane aircrew.
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The two men were located aboard their disabled vessel by an Air Station Borinquen Coast Guard Auxiliary airplane aircrew.
A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew arrived on scene and found both men wearing life jackets aboard their vessel around 5 p.m. Approximately 5 minutes later the vessel capsized after taking on water from a wave in 6-8 foot seas and 25-30 knot winds. The MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted both individuals from the water and transported them to Air Station Borinquen.
“Our crews worked together to conduct the rescue safely and efficiently with the best possible outcome,» said Lt. David Tirado Tolosa, Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk MRR Helicopter commander. “Emergencies at sea can happen at any given moment. We recommend all mariners wear their life jackets and carry a marine grade radio as these men did, in case they encounter an unexpected situation at sea.”
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