KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a man from a fishing vessel Sunday approximately 30 miles northeast of Cold Bay. The Jayhawk aircrew hoisted the man at approximately 10:30 p.m. and transferred him to the local Cold Bay medical clinic to wait for further transport to Anchorage. […]
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists an injured man who was mauled by a bear while backcountry skiing near Haines Saturday. The man was flown to Juneau and placed in the care of awaiting EMS. (U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Sitka) HAINES, Alaska — The Coast Guard hoisted a man from backcountry near Haines […]
(Fairbanks, Alaska) – Smokejumpers and aircraft are working on a new fire near Birch Creek 17 miles northwest of Circle in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. The Birch Creek Fire (#346) is burning in a limited management option area, which gives the latitude for the fire to function in its natural ecological role […]
Troopers and the Rescue Coordination CCenter personnel responded to the Hatcher Pass area to perform a rescue of an injured rock climber on Tuesday afternoon. When state and wildlife troopers traveled to the location near the end of Archangel Road in Palmer via four-wheeler, they found that the climber had fallen 25 feet and […]
After receiving a report of a downed aircraft near Friday Creek in the Palmer area, AST along with Butte Fire, Central EMS and Mat-Su Dive team responded to the scene on Tuesday evening to conduct a rescue and aircraft recovery operation. The different entities arrived at the scene around 7:30 pm on Monday evening […]
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak medevacs an injured fisherman Saturday, March 14, 2020 from a boat southwest of Kodiak Island. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured fisherman Saturday from a boat southwest of Kodiak Island.(U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Kodiak) A Coast Guard MH-60 […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the four children missing for over 24 hours beginning Sunday, have been found and are at a Bethel hospital being treated for severe hypothermia. Troopers were notified at 6:25 pm on Sunday that four children, ages 14, 8, 7, and 2, were overdue and missing. The children, on a […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 46 miles southwest of Saint Paul, Monday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak safely hoisted the 43-year-old man at 2:56 p.m. and transferred him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Saint Paul for further transport to […]
The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed basketball superstar Kobe Bryant climbed to avoid a cloud layer just before slamming into a hillside, federal investigators say. Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday the pilot received special clearance to fly in heavy fog, then minutes later advised air traffic […]