Coast Guard, partner agencies responding to reported plane crash

Coast Guard, partner agencies responding to reported plane crash
Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Lifeboat File Photo New York – The Coast Guard and local partner agencies are responding to a reported plane crash south of Quoge, New York, Saturday. At approximately 11:10 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound were notified by Southampton Police that a twin-engine Piper PA-34 had crashed into the water about one mile south of Quoge. The watchstanders...

Coast Guard suspends search for two people in water near Indian Wells Beach, N.Y.

Coast Guard suspends search for two people in water near Indian Wells Beach, N.Y.
Coast Guard Cutter Steelhead file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson. NEW YORK – The Coast Guard suspended their search Sunday at 1:20 p.m., for two missing people in the water near Indian Wells Beach, Long Island, New York. “Following a tireless search for the two individuals who remain missing, it is with deep sadness that we are suspending the active search efforts,” said Capt....

Coast Guard responds to downed plane near Indian Wells Beach, N.Y.

Coast Guard responds to downed plane near Indian Wells Beach, N.Y.
Coast Guard Cutter Steelhead file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson. NEW YORK – The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies are responding to a downed plane off the Long Island coast near East Hamptons, New York, Saturday. The small plane which crashed about one mile off of Indian Wells Beach, Long Island, N.Y., has been confirmed to be a Piper PA31 Navajo aircraft traveling with four...

Coast Guard concludes medical response from ship explosion, 2 medevaced

Coast Guard concludes medical response from ship explosion, 2 medevaced
Members of the 106th Rescue Wing assigned to New York Air National Guard, prepare to take off for the rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cheran A. Cambridge) BOSTON — The two surviving crewmembers of the bulk-carrier Tamar explosion were medevaced at approximately 4:30 a.m., by a Portuguese Coast Guard aircrew along with three New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing pararescuers...

Coast Guard coordinates response following explosion on bulk carrier

Coast Guard coordinates response following explosion on bulk carrier
Pararescue airmen from the New York Air National Guard, parachute out of a C-130 Hercules in this file photo BOSTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating with the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing and the Canadian and Portuguese Coast Guards to provide a medical emergency response for crewmembers following an explosion aboard an international bulk carrier 1,300 miles offshore Cape...

Coast Guard partners with Canadian Forces, National Guard to train for maritime emergency

Coast Guard partners with Canadian Forces, National Guard to train for maritime emergency
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flies above a Coast Guard 45-foot response boat off the Rhode Island coast during Operation Orange Flag, Thursday, May 12, 2016.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi) BOSTON — The Coast Guard hosted a search and rescue exercise with the Royal Canadian Forces and New York Air National Guard in Rhode Island Sound May 9-13 to train...

Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returns home after 64-day deployment

Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returns home after 64-day deployment
BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned to their homeport here today after a 64-day deployment. The crew of the Seneca completed Tailored Ships Training Availability (TSTA), served as a primary Search and Rescue Response asset along the eastern seaboard, and conducted fisheries enforcement boardings from South Carolina to Maine. During the patrol, the crew responded to the Motor Vessel...

Coast Guard rescues missing fisherman 43 miles south of Montauk

Coast Guard rescues missing fisherman 43 miles south of Montauk
MONTAUK, N.Y. – The Coast Guard rescued a missing fisherman approximately 43 miles south of Montauk, N.Y., today. John Aldridge, a crewmember of the commercial fishing vessel Anna Mary, was found after going overboard. A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod (ASCC), in Cape Cod, Mass., located and recovered the missing fisherman alive. Aldridge...

Coast Guard suspends search for overdue Canadian sailor

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Rescue Coordination Center Norfolk suspended the search at 8:22 p.m. Sunday in conjunction with Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the missing Canadian sailor who has been overdue on his trip from Halifax to Bermuda.