Coast Guard responds to plane crash 51 miles southeast of Chincoteague Island, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is responding to a plane crash Saturday approximately 51 miles southeast of Chincoteague Island.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District in Portsmouth received notification at approximately 2:40 p.m. that a single-engine Cessna aircraft with only the pilot aboard failed to land at Manassas Regional Airport as scheduled. Instead the Cessna remained at an altitude...
Coast Guard assists 8 aboard sinking boat off Virginia coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard assisted eight people Saturday aboard a recreational fishing boat that was taking on water approximately 45 miles east of Cape Henry.
Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads watchstanders received a call from the operator of the 46-foot sport fishing boat Sitting Pretty at about 10 a.m., stating they were taking on water with six adults and two children aboard.
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Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City medevacs woman from research boat off NC coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 72-year-old woman Saturday from a research boat approximately 300 miles southeast of Norfolk.
Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads watchstanders received notification at approximately 5:50 p.m. Friday that the woman fell and broke her collar bone aboard the research boat Marcus G. Langseth.
The Coast Guard advised the crew of Marcus G. Langseth to begin...
Coast Guard, Daly City Fire Department rescue 2 on cliff
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard medically evacuated two males and the Daly City Fire Department recovered one other male who was unresponsive after an accident, Saturday morning.
At approximately 5:05 a.m., members of Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a report that three men fell from a cliff after breaking through a fence along a ledge south of Daly City. It was reported two men suffered...
Coast Guard repatriates 86 migrants to Cuba and Haiti
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. and the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant repatriated 86 migrants illegally migrating from Cuba and Haiti.
These repatriations are a result of five separate interdictions of people attempting to illegally migrate to the United States through the Florida Straits stemming back to Sunday.
A rescue boat from the motor vessel Cap Guillame...
2 missing boaters found alive 10 miles northwest of Anclote Key, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Coast Guard rescued two missing boaters who were stranded 10 miles northwest of Anclote Key, Florida, Saturday.
A friend of the Makowski’s had contacted Coast Guard Station Sand Key, Florida, Aug. 29, because she had not heard from the couple since Aug. 24 and had expected them back Aug. 26.
At approximately 2 a.m. crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Crocodile,...
Coast Guard aircrew hoists ill cruise ship Carnival Fantasy passenger
TLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., medically evacuated a 67-year-old woman from the cruise ship Carnival Fantasy 80 miles east of Ponce De Leon Inlet, Fla., Friday evening.
Staff aboard the Fantasy requested a Coast Guard medevac and consulted with a Coast Guard flight surgeon, who recommended the woman be transferred immediately to a hospital since...
Coast Guard searching for owner of unmanned boat on Martha’s Vineyard, seeks public’s assistance
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is seeking information from the public to identify the owner of an unmanned sailboat found ashore on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a call at about 10 p.m. from the Dukes County Police Department that the unmarked 13-foot Hobie Cat “wave” model was washed ashore with the sail...
Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach medevacs man in Back Bay, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.– A crew from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, medevaced a man aboard a 30-foot sailing vessel in Back Bay, Florida, Saturday.
At approximately 6:30 a.m. watchstanders at the station received a report of a 61-year old man, experiencing leg pain, in need of emergency medical assistance in Back Bay.
A 25-foot Response Boat-Small boatcrew from the station arrived...
