JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard medevaced a 38-year-old injured crewmember from the Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship Xin Li Hia approximately 230 nautical miles southwest of Dutch Harbor, Tuesday. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak arrived on scene at approximately 5:34 p.m. Tuesday, hoisted the crewmember, and […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard medevaced a 28-year-old man from the fishing vessel Phoenix approximately 160 nautical miles northwest of Cold Bay, Sunday. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District command center received a report at 11:24 p.m. Saturday from the Phoenix crew that a crewmember was suffering severe abdominal pain. A Coast Guard […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew medically evacuated a man from the cruise ship Norwegian Encore in Chatham Strait, Monday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 7:27 a.m. and safely hoisted and transported the patient to awaiting Emergency Medical Service personnel at the Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center in […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard task force returned to Anchorage Friday after a nine-day deployment conducting facility inspections in Northwest Arctic Borough. From July 6 through 15, members of Sector Anchorage’s Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspected 24 bulk fuel storage facilities in 11 Alaskan communities, including Kotzeue, Kivalina, […]