Port Angeles, WA – A hiker was rescued from Church Mountain near Bellingham, Wash. today at approximately 1:00 p.m. after being lost in the wilderness four days.
Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles received a call from local authorities stating a Customs Department helicopter had found the missing hiker after spotting the word “HELP” spelled out [...]
Posts on ‘December 3rd, 2006’
Hiker Rescued After 4 Days Missing
Coast Guardsman Air-lifted from Cutter Jarvis
Astoria, OR – The Coast Guard air-lifted one of its own from the Cutter Jarvis today at 10:40 a.m.
Coast Guard Air Station Astoria received a call from the Jarvis at approximately 6:00 p.m. Friday. A member of its crew needed to be air-lifted from the ship after they were unable to remove an object [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Overdue Boat Near Key West
MIAMI – The Coast Guard is currently searching the waters near Key West, Fla., for a rented, 19-foot, pleasure craft reported overdue after it failed to return from a voyage as scheduled today.
Three men are reported to be aboard the Blue Lagoon Water Sports rental craft, which was scheduled to return around 5 p.m.
A rescue [...]
Navy Testing May Temporarily Affect GPS Signal
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Global Positioning Signal may be unreliable in parts of the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River due to testing between Dec. 4, 2006 and March 31, 2007 between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Monday through Friday.
GPS systems that rely on E-911, AIS and DSC, may be affected within a 25-nautical mile [...]
Plane Crashes Near Coos Bay Oregon
Coos Bay, OR – The Coast Guard and Coos Bay County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a plane crash that occurred at Horsfall Beach near Coos Bay tonight at approximately 4:46 p.m.
Oil and debris have been reported in the water at the site of the crash, but no other information is known about the plane or [...]