Coast Guard continues searching for missing man off American Samoa
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – Coast Guard and local agencies continue to search for a man who went missing in a plane crash near Pago Pago Tuesday night.
Search efforts for 58-year-old Babar Suleman continued throughout the day and suspended Thursday night due to decreased visibility. The search resumed Friday morning and will continue throughout the day.
The Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination...
Search and rescue tech. Oceania
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler
A human silhouette is outlined by the light of a cell phone, as theatre patrons shift their attention towards the disturbance. The user’s eyes scan messaging with expression of concern, reading of a boating accident and a lone mariner’s single call for help. This story begins as a first responder moves towards the green exit sign, departing his liberty...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing tourist near Kalihiwai Bay
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard suspended its search for a 62-year-old tourist at approximately 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Coast Guard, Kaua’i County Fire Department, Kaua’i Police Department and Ocean Safety crews searched an area more than 750 square miles using aircraft, cutters, small boats and shore personnel.
The man went missing after he and a second man were swept off the rocks and into...
Coast Guard aircrew locates missing mariners
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew from Air Station Barbers Point located the three missing mariners approximately 110 miles southwest of Tarawa, the Republic of Kiribati, at 3:30 p.m., Thursday.
The aircrew located the 16-foot, white and blue skiff on radar within a search area approximately 2,531 miles from Honolulu.
The Hercules crew dropped a canister filled with food, water,...
Coast Guard assisting in search for missing fishermen
ONOLULU – The Coast Guard is assisting the Republic of Kiribati in the search for three fishermen on a skiff in the vicinity of Tarawa, Wednesday.
The white and blue 16-foot skiff has three men aboard, two of them 55 years old and one 20-year old.
The 16-foot skiff crew was transiting from Maiana Island to Tarawa Monday at approximately 2 p.m., Hawaiian Standard Time. The crew was reported overdue...
Coast Guard coordinates rescue approximately 750 miles southeast of Bermuda
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District command center, here, coordinated a rescue approximately 750 miles southeast of Bermuda Saturday.
At approximately 8:30 a.m., the watchstanders received an HF radio Digital Selective Calling distress alert from a crewmember aboard the Maersk Bitan, a 675–foot freight ship, stating that a crewmember was missing and believed overboard.
The...
