Coast Guard respond to downed aircraft near Ketchikan, Alaska

Publicada en 6 de agosto de 20216 de agosto de 2021 por Admin

Juneau, Alaska — The Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers, U. S. Forest Service, and Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad (KVRS) responded to a downed aircraft Thursday eight miles northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. An MH-60 Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka located the wreckage of downed aircraft at 2:37 p.m. and lowered Leer másCoast Guard respond to downed aircraft near Ketchikan, Alaska[…]

Coast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island

Publicada en 10 de mayo de 202010 de mayo de 2020 por Admin

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Coast Guard RB-M, USCGC Heron and MH-65 Dolphin crews rescue three boaters Saturday after their vessel sank 18-miles east of Cumberland Island, Georgia. The boaters’ use of a VHF radio and Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) led to a rapid rescue. Coast Guard Sector Charleston Command Center watchstanders received a radio distress call at 8:18 a.m. Leer másCoast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island[…]

Coast Guard aircrew hoists 2 adults, 1 child from sailboat near Brant Island, North Carolina

Publicada en 14 de abril de 202014 de abril de 2020 por Admin

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard hoisted two adults and one child from a grounded sailboat on Brant Island Shoals, North Carolina, Sunday night. One of the parties on the 24-foot sailboat Jubilation contacted watchstanders at Sector North Carolina’s command center via VHF-FM radio channel 16 at 8:52 p.m., and reported that they had run Leer másCoast Guard aircrew hoists 2 adults, 1 child from sailboat near Brant Island, North Carolina[…]