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Coast Guard rescue 3 people from sinking vessel near Black Bay, Louisiana

Coast Guard rescue 3 people from sinking vessel near Black Bay, Louisiana
Archive image: Show here are Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopters at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, Oct. 10, 2020.
The MH-65 Dolphin is a Short-Range Response (or Recovery) Helicopter, often used in search and rescue missions in the wake of hurricanes and tropical storms.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.

NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescue three people from a sinking vessel Thursday night near Black Bay, LA.

All three people on board the vessel were safely rescued with no reported medical concerns.​

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report around 11 p.m. that a 40-foot fishing vessel was taking on water in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet with three people on board.

Coast Guard rescue 3 people from sinking vessel near Black Bay, Louisiana
Archive image: A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans conducts a post-flight inspection after a first-light flight in the wake of Hurricane Delta, Oct. 10, 2020.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew and a Coast Guard Station Venice 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew responded. Once on scene, the aircrew lowered a rescue swimmer and safely hoisted all three people.

«These mariners were able to be rescued due to their access to VHF radios,» said Cmdr. Roberto Trevino, search and rescue mission coordinator at Sector New Orleans. «Thanks to their preparedness and the readiness of our crews, we were able to safely rescue all people on board.»

Mariners in need of assistance should hail the Coast Guard on international distress frequency, channel 16.

A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew hoists a passenger from a capsized fishing vessel near Black Bay, Louisiana, May 6, 2021.
All three passengers were safely recovered from the vessel.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans video.

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