Coast Guard crews searching for overboard cruise ship passenger off Palm Beach, Fla.
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews are searching for a 47-year-old women who fell overboard off the cruise ship Bahamas Celebration during their transit from Freeport, Bahamas to Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday.
Search and rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Miami were notified by the Captain of the cruise ship Bahamas Celebration of the report of a missing women passenger. Crewmembers aboard the Bahamas...
Coast Guard airlifts boaters after boat sinks off Delray Beach
Coast Guard File PhotoMIAMI – The Coast Guard rescued two boaters after their vessel began sinking approximately two miles east of Delray Beach, Fla., Sunday afternoon.
A commercial salvage company relayed a distress call to the Coast Guard from the operator of the vessel who indicated his vessel was sinking. The mayday call was made via VHF Channel 16, which serves as the primary means for mariners...
Coast Guard repatriates 13 Cuban migrants
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne repatriated 13 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba Sunday.
On Wednesday, a good Samaritan notified Coast Guard watchstanders in Miami that he was on scene with a rustic vessel with migrants aboard off Baker’s Haulover Inlet in Miami, Fla. Coast Guard Cutter Drummond was diverted. Once on scene, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter...
Coast Guard responds to downed helicopter 20 miles off Miami
U.S. Coast Guard photo.MIAMI — The Coast Guard responded to a downed helicopter about 20 miles east of Miami Sunday.
The Coast Guard received notification Sunday afternoon that a privately owned helicopter with one male passenger aboard made an emergency water landing between Miami and The Bahamas.
The good Samaritan vessel Contingency arrived on scene first and stayed with the helicopter until...
Coast Guard assists boater near Everglades National Park
KEY WEST, Fla. – The Coast Guard received a call around 8:30 a.m. Monday of a 32-foot sailing vessel with one person aboard taking on water and anchored 17 miles west of Everglades National Park.
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The operator of the sailing vessel, a 62-year-old male, reported that the battery-operated bilge pump and radio onboard the vessel were solar-powered and that the solar panel had been damaged...
