Coast Guard releases accident investigation report into 2009 parasailing accident
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard Thursday released the final report on the investigation of the parasailing accident involving the small passenger vessel Tied High off the coast of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., in 2009.
Several factors contributed to the deaths of two people killed August 28, 2009, while parasailing with the vessel, the report said.
The investigation found the initiating event for this casualty...
Coast Guard searching for missing fisherman off Texas City Dike
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard and Texas City Police Department are searching for a 25-year-old man who was overtaken by a large wave while fishing in the vicinity of Mosquito Island, off the Texas City Dike, today.
Missing is Julio Torres.
Torres and three other men were wade fishing when they were overtaken by a wave this morning. The men reportedly saw Torres after the first wave, but lost him...
Lake Erie Coast Guard has busy Thursday morning with rescues, assists
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard crews from Lake Erie units rescued and assisted several boaters during three search-and-rescue cases Thursday morning.
At 12:20 a.m. Thursday, a search-and-rescue controller at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, N.Y., received a mayday call over VH-FM marine radio but did not receive any responses to calls for more information. The controller also received notification of two flares...
Coast Guard repatriates 11 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island repatriated 11 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., watchstanders received a report from a Customs and Border Protection maritime patrol aircraft of a rustic vessel southwest of Key West. Sector Key West diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant to respond and the Valiant safely embarked 11 Cuban...
Coast Guard rescues 4 from Back River near Poquoson, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued four people from the Back River Wednesday after a 12-foot sailboat overturned near Poquoson.
A crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat – Small from Coast Guard Station Little Creek in Virginia Beach notified Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads watchstanders of an overturned sailboat with four people in the water at approximately 3 p.m.
Crewmembers aboard...
Coast Guard conducts helicopter hoist operations with cadets in Pasquotank River
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard conducted hoist training with cadets from the Coast Guard Academy in the Pasquotank River, Wednesday.
Cadets were given the opportunity to get in the water and have Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Scheren, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., simulate pulling them to safety and where they were hoisted up to a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter...
Coast Guard seeks comment for new regulated navigation area in Oahu
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking public comment on a proposal of a permanent regulated navigation area, enforcement of which would take place only during times when a tsunami warning is issued for the Hawaiian Islands by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Tsunami warnings require the evacuation of a large number of vessels from their respective harbors. Following the evacuation, these vessels...
Seattle-area Coast Guardsmen stress safety at start of boating season
By Petty Officers 2nd Class George Degener and Zac Crawford
SEATTLE — As the weather changes and the Pacific Northwest transitions into the warmer months of spring and summer, more than half a million recreational boaters will get ready to use the region’s waters. Coast Guardsmen from Bellingham, Wash., to Brookings, Ore., and across the country also prepare for the traditional start of boating...
Coast Guard searching for missing man off Port Aransas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard along with Port Aransas Emergency Medical Services and police department are searching for a male that fell off the Port Street fishing pier in Port Aransas Wednesday.
The man was reported to be Caucasian and in his late twenties or early thirties. He is described to be wearing a grey shirt with lightly colored shorts and has a tattoo on his right arm.
The...
