A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65D Dolphin file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for three crewmembers of a cargo plane that crashed in a marsh near Anahuac, Texas, Saturday afternoon.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a call from the Federal Aviation Administration reporting that an Atlas Air Boeing 767 cargo plane with three crewmembers aboard had crashed.
A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew was launched along with two Coast Guard Station Houston Response Boat-Medium boat crews to search the crash site.
Also involved in the search are:
- Houston Police Department
- Chambers County Sheriffs and Fire Department
- Harris County Sheriffs Department
- Texas Parks and Wildlife
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Baytown Dive Team
