Coast Guard suspends active search for overdue pilot off Chatham

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod’s MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
Boston — The Coast Guard suspended its active search Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., for an overdue aircraft in the vicinity of Nauset Beach, Massachusetts, pending new information.
Coast Guard crews searched a total of 55 hours covering more than 2,076 square miles with no sign of missing pilot or aircraft.
Watchstanders at Coast...
Coast Guard searches for overdue pilot in Chatham, Massachusetts

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is responding to the report of a downed aircraft with a single occupant in the vicinity of Nauset Beach, Monday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a report at 10:34 p.m, Sunday, from the Air Force Regional Command Center reporting a possible downed, white and beige, Piper...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker off Nantucket

Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft file photo
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews suspended their search for a missing kayaker off Nantucket, Massachusetts Tuesday at approximately 11:00 a.m.
Vitaly Filiutovich, the subject of the search, was last seen kayaking near shore Sunday afternoon.
Filiutovich was reported missing to the Coast Guard around 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
His empty kayak was located upright...
Coast Guard, good Samaritan search for 2 missing fishermen near Block Island, RI

Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel file photo
BOSTON — The Coast Guard along with a good Samaritan are searching for two missing fishermen after the fishing boat Mistress capsized Tuesday morning off Block Island, Rhode Island.
At approximately 1:30 a.m. the captain of the Mistress issued a mayday call stating the boat was taking on water near the Block Island Wind Farm.
The fishing boat Captain Bligh was...
Coast Guard, local agencies find body of missing lobsterman off Jonesport, Maine

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft and MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Petty Officer Andrew Barresi
BOSTON — Coast Guard and local agencies recovered the body of the missing lobersterman Tuesday off Doyle Island, Maine.
At approximately 5 p.m., Maine State Police and Maine Warden Service divers recovered the lobsterman about 200 yards west from where he entered the...
Keeping a 30-year-old Coast Guard cutter mission-ready

Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel hits the water for the first time since entering their drydock period on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at Goodison Shipyards in Quonset, Rhode Island. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)
By Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll
Every three years, Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel’s crew halts their routine patrols of the Northeast Atlantic waters.
The...
Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel crew rescues stranded fisherman

The Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel crew throws a towline to the fishing vessel Discovery Friday, May 20, 201. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Fireman Brian Krebs
BOSTON – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel towed an 84-foot commercial fishing vessel Friday with seven people aboard after the vessel became disabled 100 miles off the coast of Nantucket.
Crewmembers aboard the fishing vessel Discovery,...
Coast Guard crews suspend the search for a possible person in the water off of Plum Island

NEW YORK – Coast Guard crews suspended the search for a possible person in the water off of Plum Island, New York, Wednesday evening.
The search was suspended at approximately 5:30 p.m., Wednesday after Coast Guard and local agencies searched continuously for 26 hours covering more than 890 square miles.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound were notified by a good Samaritan who...
Coast Guard crews continue to search for a possible person in the water off of Plum Island

NEW YORK – Coast Guard crews continue to search for a possible person in the water off of Plum Island, New York, Wednesday.
Coast Guard watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound were notified by a good Samaritan who located an overturned kayak off of East Point, Plum Island at approximately 3:20 p.m., Tuesday.
A smallboat from Coast Guard Station Montauk and an MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter...