Crews conduct FAM flights to assure that pilots and crew are ready to navigate the challenging terrain when necessary in difficult weather conditions and low visibility extremes during search and rescue and medevac operations.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist Tracey Mertens.
JUNEAU, Alaska — A U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue two people from an airplane crash on Montague Island, Alaska, Tuesday.
A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter (SRR) aircrew forward deployed to Cordova (Forward Operating Location Cordova), Alaska, arrived on scene at 6:46 p.m., landed near the crash site, embarked the two survivors and transported them to Cordova.
The two survivors were reported to be in stable condition with no reported injuries.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received a report at 4:15 p.m. from a friend of the pilot that a P-18 Super Cub aircraft with two people aboard crashed just above the high tide line at Montague Island. The two survivors were communicating with the reporting source via InReach.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew forward deployed to Cordova (FOL Cordova), Alaska, arrived on scene at 6:46 p.m., landed near the airplane crash site on Montague Island, embarked the two survivors and transported them to Cordova.
The two people were reported to be in stable condition with no reported injuries. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received a report at 4:15 p.m. from a friend of the pilot that a P-18 Super Cub aircraft with two people aboard crashed just above the high tide line at Montague Island.
The two survivors were communicating with the reporting source via InReach.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by L.t. Cmdr. Josh Wofford.
“The quick response by the MH-65 Dolphin aircrew in Cordova helped these two get the help they needed,” said Chief Petty Officer Katie Brown, Sector Anchorage command duty officer. “It’s incredible these two people made it out okay, and the fact that they had communication equipment readily available really aided in our response time.”
The cause of the incident is under investigation.
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