Archive image: A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew assigned to Air Station Clearwater conducts a training flight near Clearwater, Florida, Nov. 22, 2024.
Air Station Clearwater air crews routinely conduct training flights to enhance area familiarization and to maintain readiness for search and rescue cases.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Riley Perkofski.
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew conducted the rescue of three sailors, an 8-year-old child and two adults after their sailing vessel became partially submerged near Plana Cays, Bahamas. Monday, June 30, 2025.
No injuries were reported.
The Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew, forward deployed to Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos, located the family aboard a life raft in 2 to 3-foot seas and 5-7 knot winds around 7 a.m.
The MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer, safely hoisted the sailors using a rescue basket and transported the family to Bahamian authorities in Great Inagua.
A good Samaritan called Coast Guard Seventh District watchstanders, reporting the family in distress.
U.S. Coast Guard video.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater.
U.S. Coast Guard Southeast.
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area.
A good Samaritan called Coast Guard 7th District (Coast Guard Southeast) watchstanders around midnight, reporting the family in distress. The owner is coordinating the vessel’s recovery with commercial salvage.
“Our aircrews train very hard for moments like this, and we are thankful to have played a role in the safe rescue of this family of three,” said Lt. Andrew Boyle, a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60T Jayhawk MRR Helicopter commander. “We urge mariners to carry a radio and an emergency distress beacon in case they find themselves in a similar situation. It could help save their lives.»
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