Posts Tagged ‘Air Station San Francisco’
Coast Guard Conducts Rescue, Sailing Vessel Tow, in Drakes Bay
SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard rescued an injured mariner by towing a sailing vessel to safety inside the San Francisco Bay, yesterday.
Cutter Bertholf Vertical Replenishment Video
PACIFIC OCEAN - In this video, the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf conducts a basket hoist exercise with a HH-65 helicopter crew from Air Station San Francisco, Oct. 24, 2008.
Coast Guard Responds to Gasoline Release in Oakland Estuary
ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Coast Guard responded to a small gasoline sheen, and oversaw cleanup efforts in the Oakland Estuary, today. The gasoline was released into the estuary through storm drains near a tank truck fire on nearby interstate 880, early this morning.
Coast Guard in California Deploys Air Crews to Hurricane Ike
Sacramento - Coast Guard Air Stations Sacramento, San Francisco and Humboldt Bay personnel are deploying to Corpus Christi Texas for Hurricane Ike rescue support this afternoon.
A Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-130 fixed wing aircraft will carry the helicopter crews and supplies. The C-130 is scheduled to depart Sacramento at 3:15 local time.
Video: Cessna Crash Near the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza
A USCG Air Station San Francisco Helicopter responded to a plane crash near the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza on September 10th, 2008. Here’s the footage of the wreck and the Coast Guard Rescue Boat
Coast Guard Rescues Two From Plane Crash
SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard rescued two people involved in a plane crash, today.
At approximately 2 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a report of a plane crash in the shallow area of the San Francisco Bay near the Bay Bridge toll plaza. An HH-65 “Dolphin” Helicopter immediately launched from Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, as well as a 25-foot Response boat from Station San Francisco and a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Golden Gate.
The Coast Guard’s Marine Safety and Security Team was conducting training in the area in a 23-foot Over the Horizon (OTH) Response boat, and rescued the two people onboard the Cessna 210.
The two passengers were transported to Yerba Buena Island, where an ambulance was waiting to transport them to the hospital. Both passengers were reported to be in good condition with no serious injuries.
The downed aircraft is not restricting a vessel traffic area, and the owner of the plane will make plans for salvage.
The Federal Aviation Administration will conduct an investigation into the cause of the crash.
Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Hang Glider From Cliff
SAN FRANCISCO - Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco airlifted a stranded hang glider after he crashed on a cliff near Mussel Rock Sunday evening.
At 6:03 p.m. The National Park Service requested assistance from the Coast Guard after it was determined the local fire department could not reach the man. At 6:56 p.m. the helicopter was on scene and a rescue swimmer was lowered to the cliff.
The helicopter caused the sand on the cliff to create a cloud of dirt, which hampered the visibility of the crew to the cliff below.
The rescue swimmer strapped the man to the hoist and both were lowered to the beach below, where the fire department and paramedics were waiting.
The man did not sustain any injuries and walked away from the scene.
U.S. Coast Guard to suspend search for missing pilot; releases identity
HONOLULU — U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue crews plan to suspend the search for a Coast Guard pilot missing after an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crashed Thursday evening approximately five miles south of Honolulu International Airport.
The pilot, Cmdr. Thomas Nelson, 42, of Staten Island, N.Y., went missing after the HH-65 crashed with three other crewmembers aboard during a training flight off the south shore of Oahu. The three crewmembers were recovered Thursday evening and pronounced dead at The Queen’s Medical Center.
“Coast Guard crews, with the generous assistance of our local, state and federal agency partners, have diligently searched around the clock since Thursday for our missing aviator, but I have decided to end our active search for Cmdr. Nelson,” said Rear Adm. Manson K. Brown, the Fourteenth Coast Guard District Commander.
Nelson, who reported to Air Station Barbers Point in July 2007 to serve as the executive officer, joined the Coast Guard in 1988. The executive officer is the second in charge of a Coast Guard air station.
Nelson most recently served as the Deputy Chief, Office of Security and Defense Operations, at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C., from July 2004 to June 2007. Prior assignments included: Air Station Brooklyn, N.Y.; Air Station Port Angeles, Wash.; and Air Station New Orleans. Nelson also served as a deck watch officer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Basswood.
“Cmdr. Nelson’s Coast Guard service of two decades demonstrates his unwavering commitment to the Coast Guard and to the protection of mariners across the country,” said Brown.
The Coast Guard and HFD crews searched an area of more than 3,000 square miles — roughly five times the size of Oahu. Search crews on 91 different sorties (or patrols) scoured an area from shore to 40 miles out and from Barbers Point to Diamond Head.
On scene Saturday night and Sunday were crews aboard 41-foot and 47-foot motor lifeboats from Coast Guard Station Honolulu, aboard the Coast Guard patrol boats Kiska and Kittiwake, Cutter Rush, an HH-65 and C-130 from Air Station Barbers Point and HFD crews aboard the Fire 1 helicopter, two small boats and two jet skis.
Brown thanked HFD rescue crews as well as crews from the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Hawaii Air National Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, the state fire department at Honolulu International Airport and with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources for assisting in the search.
Over the weekend, the Coast Guard brought in air crews from Air Stations San Francisco, Humboldt Bay, Calif., and Kodiak, Alaska. The air crews are augmenting the staff at the 300-member Air Station Barbers Point to ensure the Coast Guard can answer distress calls and allow local Coast Guard members time to rest.
Coast Guard crews continue to recover debris from the downed helicopter and are transporting the debris to the Coast Guard’s Sand Island base. Investigative teams are in place to determine the cause of the accident.
The cause of the accident is under investigation. The debris recovered from the search area will be gathered in a secure hangar at Hickam Air Force Base, where a Coast Guard investigative team from Washington, D.C., will try to determine the cause of the crash.
The investigative team will begin examining the recovered debris Sunday evening.