Coast Guard suspends search for 9 missing in float plane crash

Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27J Spartan file photo by Lt. Scott Handlin
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard has suspended active searches at 12:00 p.m. Monday for the missing individuals from the crash of a floatplane in Mutiny Bay off Whidbey Island pending further developments.
Shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound were notified that a float plane...
Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian Navy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Blue Shark [WPB 87360] and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Osprey [WPB 87307] flank HMCS Saskatoon and HMCS Yellowknife from the Royal Canadian Navy during a joint exercise in the Salish Sea on Feb. 17, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier)SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and Royal Canadian Navy concluded a two-day joint exercise on Feb....
Coast Guard, partner agencies suspend search for missing pilot

Air Station Port Angeles MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies suspended search efforts at 4 p.m. Wednesday for a missing pilot in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The man took off mid-day Tuesday in his Cessna 170A from Ketchikan, Alaska, with the intended destination of Port Angeles.
“Suspending search efforts...
Coast Guard, partner agencies continue search for missing pilot

Coast Guard Cutter Terrapin file photo
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard and partner agencies continue the search for a missing man who was flying from Alaska to Washington State Tuesday evening.
The man took off mid-day in his Cessna 170A from Ketchikan, Alaska, with the intended destination of Port Angeles.
A mayday call from the man was relayed to Coast Guard units in Seattle shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday...
Coast Guard seeks information after laser strike hits Port Angeles aircrew

PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Coast Guard is seeking information from the public to help locate the person or persons who pointed a red laser light at a Coast Guard helicopter Friday at 10:23 p.m. as the crew was flying a mission northwest of Bremerton.
The Port Angeles flight crew aboard the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter safely returned home after being indirectly illuminated for about one second and were...
Coast Guard suspends search for man missing near Lummi Island

USCG MH-65 File Photo
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a man reported missing between Bellingham and the San Juan Islands.
Missing is Nick Saling, 53.
Crews searched over 360 square-nautical miles for approximately 15 hours but were unable to find Mr. Saling.
Crews involved in the search include:
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Coast Guard seeks public information after laser strike hits Port Angeles aircrew

PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Coast Guard seeks information from the public to locate a suspect or suspects who pointed a green laser light at a Coast Guard helicopter crew conducting training at Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, Wednesday evening.
The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew safely landed after they were hit by a laser multiple times. The aircrew conducted visual acuity...
Coast Guard medevacs Navy sailor off of U.S.S. Kidd in Straits of Juan de Fuca

Lt. Joe Brewan, the supply officer and the helicopter control tower operator aboard the U.S.S. Kidd, watches a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, from Air Station Port Angeles land on the bow of the ship in order to conduct a medevac of a sick Navy sailor, March 4, 2018. U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Selby Arnold.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Coast Guard conducted a medical evacuation of a sick Navy...
Coast Guard medevaced injured girl from Olympic National Park, Wash.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Wes Shinn, an aviation maintenance technician from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, sit in the cabin of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter after the air crew landed to drop their rescue swimmer off in the Olympic National Park, Wash., July 1, 2017. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles.
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard aircrew...