KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew, forward-deployed to Cold Bay, medically evacuated a mariner from a vessel 220 miles south of Dutch Harbor, on Wednesday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew hoisted the 44-year-old man from the 550-foot container ship FPMC 33 and safely transported him back to Cold Bay for a […]
Alaska State Troopers were informed of an SOS transmitted on a satellite communications device late Saturday evening originating near Beluga. AST contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, who by then, were already aware of the situation after receiving alerts from an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT). RCC had a National Guard rescue team and a Lifemed […]
Troopers report that the Anchorage man rescued from the Eddie’s Peak area on Monday remains in good condition at an Anchorage area hospital. On Monday afternoon, AST in Soldotna was contacted reporting “that an emergency signal and message had been activated by a Garmin inReach device in Turnagain Pass.” According to the report, 65-year-old Peter […]
A Big Lake man is home safe and sound following an incident near Flat Lake on Sunday evening. At 6:46 pm on Sunday, Alaska State Troopers in Mat-Su received a call from 54-year-old Howard Harold. He reported that he got lost as he was going to his cabin and had frostbitten feet and was suffering […]