The search for three passengers of an Airbus H125 helicopter that crashed three miles east of Lituya Bay on Friday while being flown from Grand Prairie, Texas to Wasilla, has been suspended USCG said in a press release on Sunday. The aircraft went down approximately 300 feet from shore near Latoya Bay. Of the four passengers […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard boat stations in Alaska received new response boats this summer as part of the service’s initiative to replace older response boats that have reached the end of their planned service life. Five new 29-foot Response Boat-Smalls, also known as Response Boat-Small IIs, were delivered to the Coast Guard’s 17th District beginning in May. […]
KODIAK, Alaska – Two Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews, Alaska State Troopers personnel, a canine search team, and two ground teams are searching for a 74-year-old man in a heavily wooded area approximately 28 miles northwest of Haines, Alaska, Sunday. Coast Guard aircrews and three canine search teams from Skagway, Juneau […]