Posts Tagged ‘Air Station Clearwater’

Coast Guard suspends search for 2 men in Gulf

December 2nd, 2008

YANKEETOWN, Fla. - The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two men 20-miles southwest of Yankeetown, at 5:40 p.m., Tuesday, pending further developments.

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Coast Guard continues search for 2 after plane crashes in Gulf

December 1st, 2008

YANKEETOWN, Fla. - The Coast Guard is continuing its search for two people in the water after a private aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 14-miles west of Yankeetown, Fla.,

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Coast Guard Searching for 2 After Plane Crash in Gulf of Mexico

November 30th, 2008

YANKEETOWN, Fla. - The Coast Guard has been searching since about 8 p.m., Sunday, for two people in the water after a private aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico about 14-miles west of Yankeetown, Fla.

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Video - Coast Guard Rescues Four from Tug

November 23rd, 2008

NAPLES, Fla.- Crewmembers from Coast Guard Air Station Miami hoist four crewmembers from a tug-and-barge that was taking on water Nov. 22, about 30 miles west of Naples. Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island, a 110-foot cutter homeported in Key West, Fla., and Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., also assisted.


Coast Guard rescues 4 aboard sinking tug boat

November 22nd, 2008

MIAMI - The Coast Guard rescued four men Saturday aboard a sinking tug boat 26 miles west of the Shark River, inside Everglades National Park, Fla.

Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., received a radio distress call from a member aboard the Saint Johns, a 58-foot tugboat, reporting they were taking on water and sinking.

Air Station Miami launched two HH-65C rescue helicopter crews to assist. The crews arrived on scene and safely hoisted all four men. Two of the men were transported to Naples, Fla., and the remaining men were transported to Opa Locka, Fla.,

The Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island, a 110-foot cutter, and an HC-130 Hercules air crew from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., assisted in the rescue efforts.

“This successful case highlights the importance of having a working VHF-FM radio onboard, being prepared and having the proper safety equipment,” said Lt. Brent Kenny, a search and rescue controller at Sector Key West.

No injuries were reported.

Coast Guard suspends search for more than 90 Dominicans

November 19th, 2008

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Coast Guard rescue crews suspended their search at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a missing yola (boat) with more than 90 Dominican migrants aboard, that reportedly went missing while traveling illegally to Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic.

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Coast Guard searching for more than 40 Dominicans aboard missing yola

November 17th, 2008

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Coast Guard rescue crews continue searching Monday for a missing yola (boat) with more than 40 Dominican migrants aboard, that reportedly went missing while traveling illegally to Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic.

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Search ended for 4 fishermen missing 1,000 miles east of Bermuda

November 9th, 2008

Portsmouth, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard has ended the search for the four remaining crew members of a Spanish fishing vessel that capsized more than 1,000 miles east of Bermuda Thursday.

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