Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew hoists an Airman from the water near Gulfport, Mississippi, July 19, 2023.
A few Airmen from the Mississippi Air National Guard’s 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron were hoisted from the water to a Jayhawk helicopter and back down.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Graves.
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew and a Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Office boatcrew rescue two boaters that became stranded Friday in the Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received notification Friday at approximately 6:30 a.m. of two overdue boaters last reported aboard a 18-foot black flat bottom boat in the Lake Pontchartrain area.
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 and the launch of a Coast Guard Station New Orleans 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew to assist in the search and rescue.
The MH-60 Jayhawk MRR helicopter aircrew located the two distressed boaters and their disabled vessel and alerted the RB-S boatcrew and the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office boatcrew. Both boatcrews arrived on scene.
The helicopter crew deployed a rescue swimmer to meet the two boaters and transfer them to the nearby Sheriff’s boat.
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A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station New Orleans assists two stranded boaters near New Orleans, March 22, 2024. The helicopter crew deployed a rescue swimmer to meet the two boaters and transfer them to the nearby Sheriff’s boat. U.S. Coast Guard video. U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans. U.S. Coast Guard Station New Orleans. U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area. U.S. Coast Guard Heartland. Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. Department of Homeland Security.
The MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer to assist the two boaters and bring them to the nearby Sheriff’s boat.
The Sheriff’s boatcrew safely transported the boaters back to shore.
The boaters were last reported to be in stable condition.
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