Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew, seen through the cockpit of another MH-60T, prepares to take off at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana on Jan. 26, 2023.
Two Air Station New Orleans MH-60T aircrews took to the skies to fly over New Orleans and conduct emergency landing and hoist training.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew medevac a 69-year-old man from a research vessel approximately 135 nautical miles southwest of Southwest Pass, Louisiana. Thursday, October 12, 2023.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at approximately 5:30 p.m. Wednesday from the crew of the research vessel Artemis Arctic reporting a crewmember experiencing heart attack-like symptoms.
Sector New Orleans watchstanders notified Coast Guard 8th District watchstanders.
District 8 watchstanders then coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to assist.
The MH-60T Jayhawk MRR Helicopter aircrew arrived on scene Thursday morning, deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the patient and transferred him to emergency medical services (EMS) personnel awaiting at the University Medical Center in New Orleans.
The man was last reported to be in stable condition.
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The man was transferred to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at the University Medical Center in New Orleans.
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