Coast Guard responds to vessel fire on Detroit River

Coast Guard responds to vessel fire on Detroit River
Coast Guard Air Station Detroit MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo from Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay. DETROIT – The U.S. Coast Guard received notification from Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton at approximately 2 p.m., Sunday, that the 641-foot Canadian motor vessel Tecumseh had an engine room fire near Zug Island on the United States’ side of the Detroit River. Coast Guard Sector Detroit...

Coast Guard suspends search for overdue fisherman on Lake Michigan

Coast Guard suspends search for overdue fisherman on Lake Michigan
Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Air Station Traverse City CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for an overdue fisherman on Lake Michigan near Kewaunee, Wisconsin, Thursday. Missing is Mark Wautelet, 38 years old, approximately 6-feet tall, 270 pounds with brownish hair. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan received a notification from...

Coast Guard Air Station Detroit rescues man on Lake St. Clair

Coast Guard Air Station Detroit rescues man on Lake St. Clair
Rescue crews from Air Station Detroit and EMS pose for a photo Jan. 11, 2018 following the rescue of a man from Lake St. Clair. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Detroit) CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man from the ice Thursday in Mitchell’s Bay, Ontario, on Lake St. Clair. Shortly after 6 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard 9th District Command Center were contacted...

Coast Guard, Canadian partners medically evacuate man from vessel on Lake Superior

Coast Guard, Canadian partners medically evacuate man from vessel on Lake Superior
Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian partners worked together to medically evacuate a 53-year-old man from a merchant vessel in northern Lake Superior, Thursday. The U.S. Coast Guard received a call at about 4:15 a.m. from the merchant vessel James R. Barker requesting a medevac of a 53-year-old male crew member who...

Coast Guard suspends search for overdue fisherman in Lake Erie after one is located

Coast Guard suspends search for overdue fisherman in Lake Erie after one is located
USCG file photo CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard suspended their search, Tuesday, for two missing fishermen overdue in Lake Erie since Monday after rescuing one. Rescued was Lester Hill and missing is Larry Love. Just after 12:30 p.m., a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130 from Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton, Ontario, spotted a man clinging to a capsized vessel about 15 nautical miles northeast of...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing airplane in Lake Erie

Coast Guard suspends search for missing airplane in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search efforts Friday at 7:30 p.m., for a missing plane with six people aboard in Lake Erie, pending further developments. The search covered more than 128 square miles of Lake Erie. “The decision to suspend a search is never easy,” said Capt. Michael Mullen, chief of response for the Coast Guard 9th District.  “I extend my deepest...

U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard search for 6 aboard missing plane off Cleveland

U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard search for 6 aboard missing plane off Cleveland
CLEVELAND — U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard crews are searching Lake Erie, Friday, for six people aboard a Cessna Citation 525, after it disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff, Thursday evening, at Burke Lakefront Airport. The cause of the disappearance is unknown. At 11:30 p.m., Thursday, the Coast Guard was notified by air traffic control that a Cessna Citation 525 with six people aboard headed...

Coast Guard continues search on Lake Erie for missing man

Coast Guard continues search on Lake Erie for missing man
BUFFALO – The Coast Guard continues searching for a man who went missing in Lake Erie Tuesday. Missing is 37-year-old Giusseppe Reinhart from Niagara Falls, Ontario. By 7 a.m. Thursday, boat and air crews searched 3,720 square nautical miles, almost half the size of Lake Erie, and conducted more than 60 search patterns.  This is Coast Guard Sector Buffalo’s largest search on Lake Erie in recent...

Coast Guard searching Lake Erie for missing man

Coast Guard searching Lake Erie for missing man
BUFFALO – The Coast Guard is searching for a man who went missing in Lake Erie, Tuesday. Missing is 37-year-old Giusseppe Reinhart from Niagara Falls, Ontario. Searching are: a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Buffalo aboard a 45-foot response boat, an air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, an air crew from Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton, Ontario, aboard...