MILWAUKEE – Coast Guard Station Milwaukee and Air Station Traverse City responded to witness reports of a plane crash one and one-half miles off of Milwaukee in Lake Michigan at approximately 4 p.m. today.
The Coast Guard coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration to search for a Cessna Citation jet with six persons on board. Two [...]
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Coast Guard Responds to Plane Crash Off Milwaukee
Commandant of the Coast Guard inspects chemical carrier
HOUSTON – Adm. Thad Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, listens to Lt. Cliff Harder during a safety inspection of a chemical carrier docked in the Houston Ship Channel here Monday, June 4, 2007. Allen visited Houston to speak with Coast Guard members and shipping industry personnel about the service’s role in maritime safety.
Medical Transport Plane Goes Down in Lake Michigan
Milwaukee – The Associated Press is reporting that a medical transport plane carrying six people crashed in Lake Michigan this afternoon shortly after the pilot declared an emergency. The pilot issued the distress call a few minutes after leaving General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on the way to Willow Run Airport near Detroit.
The Coast [...]
Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Medevacs Fisherman
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A Coast Guard Helicopter from Air Station Savannah, Ga., launched from Air Facility Charleston, medevaced a fisherman from a vessel 117 miles southeast of Charleston Sunday evening.
Mike Nielson, 35, of Charleston, was aboard the fishing vessel Bold Venture when the Coast Guard received a report indicating Nielson was suffering from [...]
Citizen’s Action Network Named Finalist For 2007 Kennedy School of Government/Noblis Award
SEATTLE – The Citizen’s Action Network (CAN), a program operated by the U.S. Coast Guard to engage the maritime community in the protection and management of America’s ports and waterways, was selected as one of the national finalists for the Kennedy School of Government/Noblis Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
CAN, one of five finalists, honors [...]
Video: Coast Guard patrols Billy Bowlegs Festival
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – The Coast Guard patrols the safety zone at the Billy Bowlegs Festival Saturday, June 2, 2007.
Video: San Diego Coast Guard Encounters Dolphin Pod
SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue vessel encounters a pod of hundreds of dolphins six miles off La Jolla, Calif.