MIAMI — The Coast Guard, partner agencies, and a good Samaritan responded to a plane crash approximately 3 miles north of Marathon, Florida, Tuesday. Sector Key West command center watchstanders received notification from Air Traffic Control Key West at approximately 2:30 p.m., notifying them of a downed aircraft near Marathon. The watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Station Marathon rescue crew to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated a victim of a car accident in Seward before rescuing two victims of a plane crash in Southcentral Alaska Oct. 7. Providence Medical Group contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center and requested medical evacuation of a victim of a car […]
A paragliding adventure in the Eagle River Valley area turned deadly on Sunday afternoon according to Alaska State Troopers. At 1:42 pm on Sunday, AST was alerted of a paraglider crash near Magnificent Peak by a caller who was filming the paraglider. The caller reported that they, and others in the area, responded to the […]
At 4:40 on Wednesday afternoon Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a fatal boat collision on the Kuskokwim River. According to AST a 119-foot tug was towing a 285-foot barge on the river near Oscarville when a 14-foot skiff collided the rear end of the barge. The skiff operator, 22-year-old Henry Alexie of Atmautluak, died […]