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Posts on ‘January 5th, 2008’
Coast Guard Responding to Downed Aircraft
KODIAK, Alaska-The Coast Guard, Kodiak Police Dept., and Alaska State Troopers are responding to a downed aircraft 100 yards northeast of Kodiak Airport.
A Servant Air, Piper Navajo Chieftain carrying 10 people crashed at 1:48 p.m. this afternoon after take-off near runway 36.
Four passengers were immediately recovered by a Trident Seafoods float plane that was near [...]
Station Maui Assists 9 Year Old Seizure Victim
MAUI – A rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Maui assisted a girl suffering from a seizure on a touring vessel moored off Molokini Crater at about 9 a.m. today.
The station watchstander received a distress call at 8:15 a.m. today from a crewmember aboard the 65-foot touring vessel Ocean Odyssey; the crewmember reported that a [...]
Video – Station Golden Gate Tow During N. California Storm
Sausalito, Calif. – Station Golden Gate tows a vessel that started dragging its anchor. Severe winter storms moved through Northern California bringing heavy rains, strong winds, and large swells.
Coast Guard video by Petty Officer Erik Swanson
Coast Guard prepares for heavy weather
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard has closed and restricted several river bars due to extreme winds and heavy seas that are expected to continue through the region over the following few days. Should extreme weather require closure of all or a portion of the bars, the Coast Guard will issue a broadcast notice to mariners [...]
Coast Guard Assists Boaters in Distress During Storm
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard is warning people to remain vigilant, and to stay away from beaches, rocky shorelines, and cliffs as storms subside.
High surf and dangerous waves will continue to come ashore making walking near the shore very dangerous. Cliffs may also be unstable and unsafe due to the torrential rains over [...]
Coast Guard medevacs injured crewmember
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a male in his late 50’s from a vessel about 20 miles south of Houma, LA this afternoon.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received a call at 1:51 p.m., from Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, reporting that a crewmember working on the Fishing Vessel Miss [...]