The rescue helicopter crew arrived on scene, safety rescue the mariner, and took him to Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport in Patterson, Louisiana with no reported injuries.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans photo.
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew rescue a mariner from a sailing vessel taking on water Monday 63 nautical miles south of Marsh Island, Louisiana.
Watchstanders with U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call via a cellphone from the owner of the sailing vessel Bad Influence stating his vessel had lost power and was taking on water.
The watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew and diverted a Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew to assist.
The MH-65 Dolphin SRR helicopter crew arrived on scene, safely hoisted the mariner with a reportedly minor knee injury, and took him to Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport in Patterson, Louisiana in good condition.
The MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew arrived on scene, safely hoisted the mariner, and took him to Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport in Patterson, Louisiana with no reported injuries.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans video.
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