NEW YORK–Two people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after their vessel became disabled 16 miles south of Fire Island, N.Y., around 7:08 p.m. today.
The occupants of the vessel On Trial, homeported in West Islip, N.Y., activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) after their vessel’s engines quit working. The crew of the [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues Two Near Fire Island
Coast Guard finds missing airplane, crew
BOSTON – A Coast Guard boat crew recovered the bodies of a husband and wife killed when their plane crashed today off the coast of Maine.
Edward and Maryann Mainardi left Millinocket, Maine, aboard a multi-engine Cessna and were heading toward New Jersey when they crashed 18 miles east of Portland.
Brunswick Navy Air Station in Brunswick, [...]
Coast Guard searching for missing crewmember
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for Dorn Williamson today, a 41-year-old man who reportedly went missing late Saturday off of the fishing vessel, Carmelita, 20 miles south of Fourchon, La.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call from a crewmember at 9:50 p.m. Saturday reporting that Williamson was missing.
Sector New Orleans launched [...]
Coast Guard rescues seven people from the Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard rescued seven people, including two children 23 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, early this morning.
A watchstander at Sector Houston-Galveston was notified at 8:02 a.m. from the Houston-Galveston Vessel Traffic Service who reported a mayday call from a 20-foot pleasure craft. The mayday call stated the 20-foot pleasure craft was [...]
Coast Guard searching for missing airplane, crew
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a downed airplane with two people aboard today off the coast of Maine.
The Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center notified Coast Guard Sector Northern New England that they had lost communications and radar contact with the multi-engine Cessna at 1:30 p.m., 18 miles east [...]
Cruise Ship Passengers Rescued After Props Become Entangled
NEW YORK—52 passengers and crew were transported to shore from a 62-foot harbor cruise vessel after its props became entangled while anchored in Sandy Hook Bay in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., at about 11:40 p.m. Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector New York received a call over marine band radio channel 16 at 9:15 p.m. from the master of [...]