The Coast Guard and Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad located the last of the remaining two missing people deceased near the crash site of the Beaver float plane, Tuesday night. In total ten people were rescued and six people were found deceased. The Coast Guard, partner agencies and good Samaritans conducted exhaustive search and rescue […]
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medically evacuates a man from the fishing vessel Araho, approximately 50-miles northeast of St. Paul. Video courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard. JUNEAU — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medically evacuated a fisherman approximately 50-miles northeast of St. Paul, Friday. Coast […]
JUNEAU — An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew rescued four people who abandoned ship after their boat began taking on water when it reportedly hit a rock south of Atka Island, Saturday. Coast Guard District 17 command center watchstanders received an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon alert from the fishing vessel Clyde. Watchstanders were able […]
The Coast Guard rescues five crew members from a life raft Tuesday. Image-Air Station Sitka. JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued five fishermen from a life raft Tuesday after they were forced to abandon their fishing vessel taking on water southeast of Sitka. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka hoisted all […]