HONOLULU – Pending new information, the U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for the pilot of a Beechcraft 1900, which crashed Monday morning approximately seven miles southeast of Lihue International Airport, Kauai.
A 38-year-old male pilot was the only person aboard the Beechcraft, which was carrying cargo and U.S. mail on a regularly scheduled flight [...]
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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Pilot
Coast Guard Responds To Vessel Taking On Water In Pocomoke Sound
BALTIMORE – A Coast Guard crew came to the aid of a man and his dog whose vessel began taking on water this afternoon in the Pocomoke Sound.
At about 3 p.m. today, Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a cell phone call from Wilbur Millagin reporting that his friend, Brad Taylor, was aboard a disabled 12-foot [...]
Man Suffering from Hip Injury Medevaced 753 Miles Northeast of Bermuda
New York – A 61-year-old man reportedly suffering from an injured hip was medevaced off a 38-foot sailing vessel about 753 miles northeast of Bermuda on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008.
The sailing vessel Padolu was enroute to the United Kingdom when the man reportedly fell resulting in extreme pain to his hip and inability to walk. [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs 10 Year Old from St. Paul Island, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard provided a medical evacuation of a girl from St. Paul Island at approcimately 7p.m. Monday
A Coast Guard C-130 aircraft responded to a request for transportation of a 10-year-old girl from St. Paul Island to Anchorage for medical attention.
The Guardian Medevac Service was originally asked to transport the girl, but [...]
Coast Guard Charges Tug Captain in McTeer Bridge Allision
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard completed its preliminary investigation into the allision between the crane barge towed by the Sara Kaitlin and the McTeer Bridge near Beaufort, S.C., April 26, 2007.
The Coast Guard charged Captain Wright Gres, the operator of the Sara Kaitlin at the time of the accident, with negligence and misconduct. [...]