Chincoteague Island, a Coast Guard community
The sun sets west of Chincoteague Island, Va. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn)
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn
An oysterman in a weather-beaten skiff prepares to tend his beds as a blood-orange sun peeks over the Atlantic horizon. A herd of wild ponies drink in a freshwater wetland where buffleheads and mallards hunt for breakfast among reeds on the glistening,...
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...
