NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescue five sailors from a disabled sailing vessel Friday 195 nautical miles southeast of Mobile, Alabama. Coast Guard District Eight watchstanders received a distress call at 1 p.m. from the 36-foot recreational sailing vessel Madam X with a broken mast and five people aboard. Watchstanders coordinated the launch of Leer másCoast Guard rescue 5 sailors 195 nm of Mobile, Alabama[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin (SRR) rescue helicopter aircrew medevac woman from cruise ship Saturday approximately 72 nautical miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana. The Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at approximately 8:48 a.m. stating a woman was experiencing internal bleeding like symptoms aboard the cruise ship Carnival Leer másCoast Guard medevac woman 72 miles offshore Southwest Pass[…]
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard rescued two mariners from their disabled sailing vessel Rhapsody, approximately 288 miles east southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, Thursday afternoon. Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District command center received an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert at 2:13 a.m. Watchstanders directed the launch of a Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry Leer másCoast Guard rescues 2 mariners 288 miles offshore Corpus Christi, Texas[…]
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is search for two people aboard an overdue helicopter that likely crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, Saturday. The aircraft is a Bell 407 with tail number N79LP (C/N 53027, year built 1996) and the owner is Panther Marine. Watchstanders at U.S. Coast Guard District Eight received a report at Leer másCoast Guard searching for missing helicopter crew in the Gulf of Mexico[…]
