Coast Guard ends search for plane crash victim near Tangier Island, Va.

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard ended its search Monday for a missing female passenger from a plane that crashed off the coast of Tangier Island Sunday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., located the woman, and a Maryland Natural Resources Police boatcrew recovered her unresponsive. The woman was transferred to members of the Virginia Marine Resources...

Coast Guard and local authorities searching for 1 near Tangier Island, Va.

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and local authorities are searching for one person after an emergency broadcast was sent from the plane they were aboard eight miles off the coast of Tangier Island Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a call at 3:30 p.m. from an air traffic controller at Naval Air Station Patuxent River reporting a single-engine aircraft was declaring an emergency...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing man near Nanticoke River Marina

USCG file photoCRISFIELD, Md. — The Coast Guard suspended its search for the missing man at 11:50 a.m. Saturday. Missing is Edwin Smullen, 59, from Tyaskin, Md. A 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Crisfield and an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City searched 350 square miles over an 11-hour period for Smullen. Sector Baltimore watchstanders...

Coast Guard searching for missing person near Nanticoke River Marina

USCG file photoCRISFIELD, Md. – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 59-year-old male in the waters off the Nanticoke River Friday. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a call at approximately 3 p.m., from a good Samaritan, reporting an aground 20-foot sailing vessel. The Westside fire department, police department, two boat crews from Maryland Natural Resources Police along...

VMRC helps Coast Guard locate overdue boater in Tangier Harbor

USCG Cutter Albacore File PhotoBALTIMORE – Rescuers located a man reported to be overdue from Somers Cove Marina in Crisfield, Md., Monday. Located was Albert Casale, 56, from Millsboro, Del. Casale’s wife contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, reporting that her husband, who had planned to go out rock fishing Saturday aboard Nemo, his 30-foot sailboat, did...

Coast Guard searching for overdue boater near Smith Island, Md.

USCG file photoBALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is searching for a man reported to be overdue from Somers Cove Marina in Crisfield, Md., Sunday. Missing is Albert Casale, 56, from Millsboro, Del. Casale’s wife contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders at 4:15 p.m. reporting that her husband, who had planned to go out rock fishing Saturday aboard Nemo, his 30-foot sailboat, did not return...