Alaskan Congressional Delegation Calls on Homeland Security Secretary to Request Replacement of the Lost HH-60 Helicopter
Washington, D.C. – Alaska’s congressional delegation today wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano urging her to request funding to replace the recently lost HH-60 helicopter from Air Station Sitka.
updated with photos: Coast Guard Identifies Crew of Crashed MH-60 Helicopter
SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard has identified the one survivor and three crew members who lost their lives, Wednesday, after their MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed in the waters off of James Island, near La Push, Wash.
Loss of Coast Guard Aircraft 6017
Posted from ADM Papp’s All Hands e-mail of 7/7/2010:
Shipmates,
It is with deep regret and sadness that I report the crash of CG6017 today along the coast near La Push, WA. CG6017, flown by a four person crew from Air Station Sitka, was in transit from Astoria, Oregon, to Sitka, Alaska. A multi-agency search and rescue effort located the four crewmembers; one was severely injured and three were deceased.
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Coast Guard response to helicopter crash off of James Island, Wash. Concludes
SEATTLE – The multiple agency response to recover the crewmembers from a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crash that occurred, Wednesday, in the waters near James Island, Wash., has concluded.
Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crashes off of James Island, Wash.
SEATTLE – Multiple U.S. Coast Guard units and local response agencies are responding to a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that crashed in the waters near James Island, Wash.
Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes Near Salt Lake City
A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter returning from Olympic security operations crashed this morning 40 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. Preliminary reports are that three members of the five person crew were injured in the crash.
