Coast Guard searching for overdue boaters in Nassau
MIAMI – The Coast Guard is searching Monday for three missing boaters in Nassau, Bahamas, who were last seen Saturday in Staniel Cay, Exuma.
Missing are Julian Wallace, Tino Greenslade and Eugene.
Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) received a request for assistance from The Royal Bahamas Defense Force Sunday after they received notification of the three overdue boaters who were reported...
Coast Guard suspends search for downed aircraft near Jamaica
MIAMI – The Coast Guard suspended their search Sunday at approximately 11 a.m. for two possible survivors of a plane in the water 14 miles north of Port Antonio, Jamaica, Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District command center in Miami received a call from U.S. Northern Command at 11 a.m. reporting that a Socata TBM 700 light business and utility single engine turboprop aircraft departed...
Coast Guard aircrew medevacs ailing woman from cruise ship Carnival Liberty off the coast of Cat Island, Bahamas
MIAMI — A 50-year old woman suffering health complications was medically evacuated from the cruise ship Carnival Liberty by a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., helicopter crew off the coast of Cat Island, Bahamas Sunday.
At approximately 5:30 p.m. watchstanders at Coast Guard Seventh District command center received notification from the cruise ship concerning a 50-year-old woman experiencing...
Coast Guard crews respond to vessel explosion off of Bimini, Bahamas
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews are responding to a vessel explosion 26 miles east of Bimini, Bahamas, Tuesday.
Search-and-rescue coordinators at the Coast Guard Seventh District command center in Miami received a report at approximately 4 p.m. from the Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos operations center (OPBAT) from a good Samaritan that a 35-foot fishing vessel burst into flames and exploded. The good...
Pilot of downed aircraft found safe
MIAMI— Bahamian marine officials located the missing pilot of the downed Cessna aircraft in the vicinity of Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas.
Search-and-rescue coordinators at the Coast Guard Seventh District command center in Miami received the report of a downed aircraft at about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday from Flight Service Station (FSS) Washington D.C. Reports to the Coast Guard indicated the aircraft...
Coast Guard responding to downed aircraft in The Bahamas
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard and Bahamian officials are responding to a downed Cessna aircraft with one person reportedly aboard in the water in the vicinity of Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas.
Search-and-rescue coordinators at the Coast Guard Seventh District command center in Miami received the report of a downed aircraft at about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday from Federal Aviation Administration in Washington...
3 rescued by Coast Guard crews near Andros Island, Bahamas
ANDROS ISLAND, Bahamas — Three people were rescued by Coast Guard crews approximately 25 miles west of Andros Island, Monday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew was enroute to Great Inagua at approximately 2:20 p.m., when they were flagged down by three people in a homemade sailing vessel. The Jayhawk crew dropped a handheld VHF-FM radio and water to them...
Coast Guard suspends search for two swept to sea
MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended the search Tuesday for two men who were swept to sea in the vicinity of Eluthera Islands, Bahamas.
Coast Guard Seventh District Command Center watchstanders received notification from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force stating a 14-foot vessel with five people aboard overturned eight miles east of Eluthera Island Sunday. Three of the five people were able to...
Coast Guard, Royal Bahamas Defence Force search for two swept to sea
MIAMI – The United States Coast Guard is assisting the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in the search for two people who were reportedly swept to sea in the vicinity of the Eluthera Islands, Bahamas Sunday evening.
Coast Guard Seventh District Command Center watchstanders received notification from RBDF stating a 14-foot vessel with five people aboard overturned eight miles east of Eluthera Island....
