Archive image: MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew members from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater depart Air Station New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 to assist with Hurricane Irma relief operations.
The Clearwater crewmembers and aircraft were staged in New Orleans while Irma passed through Clearwater.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Barresi.
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue seven boaters from their grounded vessel in North Breton Island, Louisiana.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report of a 30-foot center console vessel aground with seven people aboard at approximately 5:45 p.m. Saturday, July 22, 2023.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders 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 helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the boaters and headed to land to transport them to New Orleans Lakefront Airport.
No injuries were reported.
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The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the boaters and transferred them to New Orleans Lakefront Airport.
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